2013’s Oktoberfest Garden Party was our best-ever attended event. Guests bought 108 tickets to fund the restoration of Marshall Square Park’s original fountain. February’s wildly popular Progressive Dinner is next.
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Photo Slideshow: Click to enlarge and browse. Photos by Jim Salvas
2013 Fountain Basin Investigative Excavation
Ben Woods, Matt White, and Mike Stitley — The fountain restoration team from Heritage Metalworks of Downingtown — after just finishing the installation. Wow!
The West Chester University Men’s Soccer Team volunteered to bring their rakes to help FMSP clear the signs of winter.
In June(2015), the fountain moves again; this time, to return anew.
Project: Fountain Garden. Anne Walters’ Landscape plan implemented November 2006. 2014 Daffodils in the re-landscaped garden. Photo: JAS
Project: Tree labeling. For a tree location map, go to our Home page, Projects, Tree Labeling. Photo: JAS
Event: Music at Marshall Concert Series. Annually, 3rd Thursday in June, July, and August. Concert, picnic, facepainter, and neighborhood friends. Photo and Flyer: JAS
Project: Swiss Cottage. The 1902 BEFORE shot followed by the 2010 AFTER shot. Photographer Unknown
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Mayor Comitta speaking in celebration of the 6th Annual Humphry Marshall Day and dedicating the Humphry Marshall plaque, a Friends of Marshall Square Park project. Photo: JAS
Joan Chandler Gagliardi
2016 Progressive Dinner committee: Betsy Woodrow (Chair), Christina Wilcomes, Ronnie Balassone, Kathy Tally, Holly Brown, Lee Miller, Linda Scott.
Sin Brothers perform at 2014’s Music at Marshall
Project: Monument. Monument base in Spring. Photo: JAS
Project: Fountain. A shield of yellow bricks in honor of the Union Veteran Legion. Yes, needs attention. Photo: JAS September 16, 2005
Project: Swiss Cottage. Renovated 2008 through 2010. See photo progression at our website Home page, Projects, Swiss Cottage. Photo: JAS
Project: Fountain. The Original 1889 Fountain. In the background is the original Chester County Hospital! Photo: Historic Postcard
Project: Fountain. FMSP Fountain Manufacturer: Robert Woods Railing, Architectural & Ornamental Iron Works, Ridge Road below Spring Garden St. Philadelphia. Photo: A postcard
Original 1889 Fountain awaiting restoration
Project: Gazebo. • Provide brick apron around perimeter (partially completed 06/2006) • Replace cedar shake roof • Improve paths to gazebo • Add six path lights. Photo: JAS
Project: Monument. Sunrise through the Monument honoring 97th Regiment from West Chester. Photo: JAS
Tony Stancato, Fountain Committee • Anne Walters, Fountain Committee Chair • Pat Loew, Primary Benefactor • Jeff Beitel, FMSP President
Back 2 Life, BirlGirl Designs, Picnic Table, Donation Jar
Fundraiser: Progressive Dinner. Always the first Saturday in February. FMSP members open their homes to the Friends. Photo: JAS![From a DLN article: Gene Gagliardi, in tan jacket, and his wife, Joan, look at a cast iron fountain they once owned as [Friends of Marshall Square Park] volunteers prepare to unload and return it to Marshall Square Park in West Chester on Monday, May 14, 2012. A committee is in the works to have it restored and placed back in the park after it was removed decades ago.
Photo: Vinny Tennis, DLN Staff
A video of the "capture and return" adventure is on our website at Home, Projects, Original 1889 Fountain, The Year 2012.](https://marshallsquarepark.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/2012_0515dlnfountainreturn.jpg?w=84&h=84&crop=1 "The Fountain Returns!")
From a DLN article: Gene Gagliardi, in tan jacket, and his wife, Joan, look at a cast iron fountain they once owned as [Friends of Marshall Square Park] volunteers prepare to unload and return it to Marshall Square Park in West Chester on Monday, May 14, 2012. A committee is in the works to have it restored and placed back in the park after it was removed decades ago. Photo: Vinny Tennis, DLN Staff A video of the “capture and return” adventure is on our website at Home, Projects, Original 1889 Fountain, The Year 2012.
Looks like a wonderful event and lots of fun. The weather looked perfect.
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