National Humane Alliance Fountain
Muncie, Indiana
![](Pics/Muncie,%20IN%20Fountain%20Heekin%20Park%20001_small.jpg)
We
want to thank Kellie McClellan, Urban Forester, in Muncie, Indiana and
her boss, Harvey Wright at the
Urban Forestry Office for providing these pictures for one of the
most elaborate of all the National Humane Alliance Fountains - Muncie
Indiana's. Known as the "Five Points Fountain" because it was originally
located at the intersections of five streets when presented to the city
in 1911. The fountain was not officially dedicated until July 4, 1913 (Click
here for story). A
1951 news article says that it was moved to one corner of Five
Points about a decade earlier. The fountain was moved to its current location in Heekin Park
along Memorial Drive in 1971. Though several of the fountains had
lighting added to them, Muncie's is the most elaborate that we have
found so far.
Click on the picture on the left to be able to read the moving story
printed on the plaque that was added to the blank side of the fountain
at the time of the rededication of the fountain in 1971. Like Derby,
Muncie stayed true to the promise that it made to the National Humane
Alliance at the time that it accepted its fountain in 1911 - five years
after Derby had accepted ours.
![](Pics/Munice,IN-1911-12-28.png)
Click here for
pictures and more information for over 80 other fountains across the
United States.
![](Pics/Muncie,%20IN%20Fountain%20Heekin%20Park%20006.jpg)
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Story posted on May 14, 2014
Updated June
30, 2024
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