Hooper Fountain, a 19th-century watering hole for man and beast

... the fountain was a posthumous gift to the city from the late John Hooper (1812-1889), a former stockholder of the New York Tribune , who had bequeathed $5,000 for its erection. Local property owners of the Washington Heights Association agreed to ...

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