Milton Corner

STREET ADDRESS: Milton Corner, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE: Yarmouth

MUNICIPALITY: Yarmouth

COUNTY: Yarmouth

YEAR BUILT: 1893

ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT:

This is a massive monumental structure on a granite pedestal, surmounted by a bronze statue of a horse; twelve feet high with ornamented panels and a brass plaque with an inscription of the donor. Two drinking troughs for horses and cattle, and four for smaller animals and a faucet for wayfarers also.

HISTORICAL COMMENT:

This beautiful drinking fountain was the gift of Miss Clara Killam to Milton, Yarmouth, N.S. on May 01, 1893. Miss Killam was the daughter of Capt. Samuel Killam and Amelia Durkee (John 1^st), a leading ship owner. When she died she left many generous donations to Yarmouth and its people.

CONTEXTUAL COMMENT:

Fountain now faces another direction, but is still intact on a cement base. No water flows through it, generous Milton Improvement members keep flowers planted in drinking troughs.

PRESENT OWNER: Town of Yarmouth

ADDRESS: 403 Main Street, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

ORIGINAL OWNER: Miss Clara Killam

OCCUPATION: A generous and public spirited citizen (Yarmouth Reminiscences)

BUILDER: Designer - J.L. Mott of New York, U.S.A.

ORIGINAL USE: Public Drinking Fountain

PRESENT USE: Public attraction for many because of its beauty

COMMENTS ON HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS:

The sands of time have changed the look of this monument but the horse still stands stately in spite of abuse by young people. Parts of it were recast in a Lunenburg foundry in recent years. It was hoped by many that with the growth of new buildings in this area, that it will remain in its position in the center of Milton where it was meant to be.

SOURCES: Yarmouth Reminiscences