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Sweeling Fountain, a 1931 white-granite monument north of Phoenix’s old city hall, commemorates early settlers

July 07, 2025 | Events, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona


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Sweeling Fountain, a 1931 white-granite monument north of Phoenix’s old city hall, commemorates early settlers
A white-granite fountain known in the narration as the Sweeling Fountain, installed in 1931 north of Phoenix’s old city hall and the old Maricopa County courthouse, commemorates early settlers Lieutenant Jack W. Suedani and Trinidad Escalante.

The narration said the fountain was built in 1931 by the Maricopa chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and includes a granite sculpture on top. It described Suedani and Escalante as figures who helped realize Phoenix’s potential through early irrigation work and settlement.

The account links the monument to ancient irrigation efforts, referring to "the antiguos canales Jojocam" as an antecedent to later canals that enabled irrigation and settlement. The narration credited Suedani with work to clean and form irrigation canals and identified Trinidad Escalante as having established a pioneer home in the Salt River Valley in 1868; the narration called her "the mother of Phoenix." These details were presented as part of the fountain’s interpretive text in the recording.

No formal actions, votes, or policy decisions were recorded in the provided excerpt. The recording is a brief descriptive segment intended to present the fountain’s history and symbolic significance; it does not include public comment, city staff recommendations, or references to preservation policy or funding.

The fountain remains an element of Phoenix’s built heritage and is described in the recording as both an aesthetic landmark and a symbolic link to the city’s founding and early irrigation work.

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