At Como Park, the mermaid has returned to the Schiffman Fountain.

In the late 1800s, Dr. Rudoph Schiffman, a member of St. Paul’s parks board, ordered a replica made of a mermaid statue he encountered while traveling through Barcelona.

The statue, which resembles a semi-nude Grecian bather, was crafted from bronze and cast iron on a concrete and limestone base and installed inside a fountain on Nausbaumer Drive, between Lexington Parkway and Como Lake.

After a century of bathing in public view, the little mermaid took a hiatus last year. A combined gift of $40,000 from the Cedarwoods Foundation and the RRW and Florence Berglund Family Foundation allowed St. Paul Parks and Rec to fund a complete restoration of the statue.

Minneapolis conservator Kristin Cheronis replaced the corroded metals and gave the bather a new shine. It was reinstalled in the park on Wednesday.