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Dunbar Oak and Bethesda Spring

  • Address: 560 Dunbar Ave
  • Vicinity: Bethesda Park
  • Type: Natural Spring
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Sight , Sight
  • Sight Category: Site
  • Locale Type: Outdoor Space


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Dunbar Oak and Bethesda Spring
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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1868/08/27 Col Richard Dunbar drinks water from a natural spring at 560 Dunbar Ave, Waukesha, WI, owned by his sister-in-law Elizabeth Carney. Dundar will buy the lot and start the Bethesda Spring Water company, named after the Biblical pool of Bethesda.
1891/00/00 An ornate springhouse is built to protect Bethesda Spring. It was razed in 1949 and replaced by the present concrete block structure.
1895/00/00 The number of tourist taking the waters Waukesha reaches its peak. A new oak tree has since been planted and marked by a plaque at the site where Col Richard Dunbar rested and drank the spring water.

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Physiography
Physiographic Feature Natural Spring

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Particulars for Dunbar Oak and Bethesda Spring:
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Health-medicine
Locale Type Outdoor Space
Sight Category Site
Open space Type Urban Park
Historic Use Water Works




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