The original 1908 fountainhead from the newly-restored King Square bandstand has been found safe and sound, and will be securely re-attached to the new granite fountain immediately, according to Mayor Mel Norton.
City works employee Jeremy Kilpatrick spied the copper fountainhead laying at the bottom of the Beaver Pond fountain in the Loyalist Burial Grounds when the pool was being drained for its regular cleaning. His foreman, Mark Kincaide, brought it down to City Hall.
The Mayor expressed relief that the fountainhead was recovered, saying with the sense of community celebration in the uptown last week the safe recovery of the historic hardware was icing on the cake. He says the city is also working on installing security cameras to ensure this kind of vandalism isn't repeated.
