Dunbar Oak and Bethesda Spring

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, naming 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.

Physiography
Physiographic Feature	Natural Spring

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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