Glen Ellyn Horse Trough

Glen Ellyn Horse Trough. . , Long an icon of the Village of Glen Ellyn, the cast-iron horse trough was donated to the Village in 1907 by William C. Newton, a prominent businessman and a trustee on the Village's first Board, which held its' inaugural meeting on August 1, 1882. He was the son of Dr. Lewey Quitterfield Newton, one of Glen Ellyn's earliest settlers and the town's first doctor. , The original horse trough, designed to provide water for horses and dogs, was situated in the intersection of Crescent Avenue and Main Street. By 1911, just four years after Newton had donated the horse trough, traffic had become so heavy that it was hazardous for horses and dogs to drink from the fountain. It was moved east and placed on the south side of Crescent. At one point, the horse trough was situated on Duane Street east of Main Street, not far from the Glen Ellyn station on the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin electric line (now the Illinois Prairie Path). In the years after World War II, the horse trough was returned to its original place in the intersection of Crescent and Main, filled with flowers instead of water. , The horse trough was designated a Village Landmark in 2012.