{"nrhp_refnum":"81000551","name":"Fireman's Drinking Fountain","other_names":[],"category":"object","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Slatington","county":"Lehigh County","state":"PA","lat":40.75185395400007,"lon":-75.61300138399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-11-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A twelve-foot cast zinc monument with a public drinking fountain, horse trough and dog basin, located on Main Street in the center of the Borough of Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It depicts a volunteer fireman holding a child and a lantern.","why_significant":"The monument honors living volunteer firefighters rather than the dead, and symbolizes the volunteer spirit of fire companies and ambulance corps in Slatington and the Northern Lehigh Area. It also served as a public water source on Main Street. The community-funded restoration after the 1979 damage is cited as evidence of its continuing importance to the town.","narrative":"This public drinking fountain stands in the centre of Slatington on Main Street, a twelve-foot monument built around a seven-foot, three-inch zinc statue of a volunteer fireman holding a child in one arm and a lantern in the other. The statue was purchased from the J. W. Fiske Iron Works of New York, and the base, which contains a drinking fountain, a horse trough and a dog basin, came from a Detroit supplier. Hose Company No. 1 erected the fountain in 1909 and dedicated it in 1910, funded by donations from many local residents. Its four purposes were to serve people, horses and dogs, and to symbolize volunteer service and vigilance. Unlike many fireman memorials, it honors living firefighters rather than the dead. An automobile toppled the statue in 1979, severing its head, and a regional fundraising effort restored it without tax money. It was rededicated in July 1980.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored after being struck by an automobile in 1979 and rededicated on July 19, 1980; the lantern is illuminated at night.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:12.208021-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/81000551.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000551/2ecff00a93-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000551/2ecff00a93-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fireman%27s_Drinking_Fountain_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shuvaev</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fireman%27s_Drinking_Fountain_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998169","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireman%27s_Drinking_Fountain","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5451890"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lehigh-county/firemans-drinking-fountain-81000551/"}