The original Hebe Fountain was a joint project of the 1895 Mental Culture Club, now known as the Roseburg Woman's Club, and the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Providing water for horses, dogs, and humans, the fountain stood in the intersection of Cass and Main streets. Its dedication took place on September 30, 1908. The Roseburg Hebe fountain was part of a tradition of numerous Hebe figures used on Women's Christian Temperance Union fountains throughout the United States, and many are still in existence. On April 3, 1912, a runaway team of horses struck the fountain, flinging the statue twenty feet onto the street. The question of replacing the fountain in the same intersection was never resolved, and the statue disappeared. As part of a Roseburg Town Center historic restoration, local history teacher Bob Heaton promoted replacing Roseburg's Hebe fountain in newly refurbished Eagles Park, a location under consideration in 1908. In March 2002, the city Park Commission voted to recommend placing a replica statue of Hebe in Eagles Park, and the Roseburg City Council agreed. Hebe is a metaphor for youth and thirst. The original sculpture was created by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), who produced both Classical and Christian sculpture. The contemporary Hebe sculpture was cast from molds made from the original figure, which now stands in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark.