The First Art Installation - 1888.
The Skidmore Fountain Olin Warner, 1888
Named for Stephen Skidmore, a councilman and druggist who came to Oregon via the famed Oregon Trail, the Skidmore Fountain remains as a fixture in the heart of what was once the bustling front avenue of this port town. Since then, light rail and mass transit has filled in around it, office buildings overlook the square in which it sits, and on the weekends Saturday Market pops up around it, but the Skidmore Fountain remains a functional reminder of the history of the city.
