Washington Square Park, Manhattan, New York City, United States
Designer
Architect: Stanford White Sculptors: Frederick MacMonnies (spandrel panels) Philip Martiny (keystone eagles) Hermon A. MacNeil (George Washington as Commander-in Chief Alexander Stirling Calder (George Washington as President)
Builder
David H. King, Jr.
Material
Tuckahoe marble
Width
57 ft (17 m)
Height
73.5 ft (22.4 m)
Span
30 ft (9.1 m)
The Washington Square Arch, officially the Washington Arch,[1] is a marble memorial arch in Washington Square Park, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by architect Stanford White in 1891,[2] it commemorates the centennial of George Washington's 1789 inauguration as President of the United States, and forms the southern terminus of Fifth Avenue.
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