Part of PICRYL.com. Not developed or endorsed by the Library of Congress
McPherson Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Similar

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Gluek Brewing Company Hotel & Saloon, 24 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Gluek Brewing Company Hotel & Saloon, 24 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Aerial view of the stretch of the Ohio River between downtown Cincinnati, Ohio (left), its northern Kentucky suburbs and some of the many bridges that span the river

Aerial view of the stretch of the Ohio River between downtown Cincinnati, Ohio (left), its northern Kentucky suburbs and some of the many bridges that span the river

Aerial view of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The low, bright-white buildings are the Discovery World science, technology, and environment museum (foreground) and the sail-shaped Milwaukee Art Museum

Aerial view of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The low, bright-white buildings are the Discovery World science, technology, and environment museum (foreground) and the sail-shaped Milwaukee Art Museum

Aerial view of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio

Aerial view of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio

Aerial view of Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of Washington, D.C.

New York Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

New York Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

McPherson Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

description

Summary

Significance: Included as an open space on both the L'Enfant and Ellicott plans, this reservation has served as a park since its first improvement in 1873. The statue in the center is among those in the National Register of Historic Places listing of Washington's Civil War Statuary.
Survey number: HABS DC-680
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78000257

label_outline

Tags

urban parks
monuments and memorials
washington city
mcpherson
mcpherson square
washington dc
district of columbia
historic american buildings survey
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
american civil war
civil war
statue
united states history
cityscape
detroit publishing company photograph collection
library of congress
national register of historic places
date_range

Date

1933 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
place

Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90208, -77.03497
Google Map of 38.9020838, -77.0349698
create

Source

Library of Congress
link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

Explore more

urban parks
urban parks
monuments and memorials
monuments and memorials
washington city
washington city
mcpherson
mcpherson
mcpherson square
mcpherson square
washington dc
washington dc
district of columbia
district of columbia
historic american buildings survey
historic american buildings survey
photo
photo
ultra high resolution
ultra high resolution
high resolution
high resolution
american civil war
american civil war
civil war
civil war
statue
statue
united states history
united states history
cityscape
cityscape
detroit publishing company photograph collection
detroit publishing company photograph collection
library of congress
library of congress
national register of historic places
national register of historic places