Holt Memorial Fountain

{{Infobox monument

|name=Holt Memorial Fountain

|image=Stafford Springs station postcard.jpg|caption=A postcard of the fountain from 1910

|location=Stafford Springs, Connecticut

|type=Fountain

|material=Stone

|length={{convert|16|ft|m}}|height={{convert|12|ft|m}}

|complete={{start date|1894}}

|dedicated_to=Charles Holt

|map_image=Connecticut|map_width=220px

|coordinates={{coord|41.9536|-72.3031|format=dms|region:US-CT|display=inline,title}}

}}

The Holt Memorial Fountain is a fountain located in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. The fountain was built in 1894 in memorial of Charles Holt, the owner of the Phoenix Woolen Co, a local mill.{{Cite web|url=http://ctmonuments.net/2013/04/holt-memorial-fountain-stafford-springs/|title=Holt Memorial Fountain, Stafford SpringsCT Monuments.net {{!}} CT Monuments.net|website=ctmonuments.net|access-date=2016-11-28}} The fountain causes a roundabout to form with Route 32 and Route 190 intersecting. The fountain water system had been broken due to a truck crash some time before 1996.{{Cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/1996/11/13/holt-memorial-fountain-to-be-flowing-again-in-stafford-2/|title=Holt Memorial Fountain To Be Flowing Again In Stafford|newspaper=tribunedigital-thecourant|access-date=2016-11-28}} The fountain was proposed to be moved in 1990 to help traffic, but it was greatly opposed by the town.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/29/nyregion/view-stafford-it-has-been-bumped-bruised-broken-but-fountain-survives.html|title=The View From/Stafford; It Has Been Bumped, Bruised and Broken, but Fountain Survives|last=Chamberlain|first=Claudia G.|date=1999-08-29|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-11-29}} The former railroad station is located less than 100 feet away.{{Cite web|url=http://connecticuthistoryillustrated.org/islandora/object/40002:12393|title=Memorial fountain and railroad station, Stafford Springs {{!}} Connecticut History Illustrated|website=connecticuthistoryillustrated.org|access-date=2016-11-29}}