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− | + | * [[John Fanning Watson|Watson, John Fanning]], 1857, describing Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pa. (1:405) | |
+ | :"This beautiful [[square]], now so much the resort of citizens and strangers, as a [[promenade]], was, only twenty-five years ago, a 'Potter's Field,'....It was long enclosed in a post and rail [[fence]], and always produced much grass." | ||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 16:23, January 9, 2015
Overview
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Philadelphia, Pa.
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Related Terms: Arch, Obelisk, Square
Images
George Bridport, Design for Washington Monument, Washington Square, Philadelphia, 1816.
George Bridport, Alternative designs for Washington Monument, Washington Square, Philadelphia, 1816.
M. Schmitz (artist), Thomas S. Sinclair (lithographer), John B. Colahan (surveyor), "Map of Washington Square, Philadelphia," 1843.
Texts
- Watson, John Fanning, 1857, describing Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pa. (1:405)
- "This beautiful square, now so much the resort of citizens and strangers, as a promenade, was, only twenty-five years ago, a 'Potter's Field,'....It was long enclosed in a post and rail fence, and always produced much grass."