Indiana Trip 2008

The library fountain was purchased by Mr. Charles Eckhart in fall of 1911. Cost, including installation estimated to be nearly $2,000. Total height to be 19 feet with an octagon base pool (21' 6" in diameter), a mid-level basin (8' 5"in diameter), an upper level basin (5' 8" in diameter) and a sculpture representing two figures struggling to gain possession of a duck at the fountain’s summit.
--Auburn Courier (10/19/1911)

The fountain was created by the J.L. Mott Iron Works Company of New York.
--Evening Star Supplement (p. 4, 7/12/1997)

Later, it was refurbished by the Venus Bronze Works Center for Conservation Company of Detroit, Michigan in 1997.

Currently listed on the Smithsonian Register of Historic Statuary, its estimated value is over $400,000.
--Evening Star Supplement (p.4, 7/12/1997)

Taken from http://www.youseemore.com/eckhart/about.asp?p=51