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Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Franklin Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Franklin Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Judiciary Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Judiciary Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated on Pierre L'Enfant's plan as a site for a federal judiciary, this area was set aside as one of seventeen parcels appropriated for public buildings. Since early in the 1800s, the site has... More

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular gri... More

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular gri... More

Slatersville Green, Green & School Streets, Slatersville, Providence County, RI

Slatersville Green, Green & School Streets, Slatersville, Providence C...

Significance: The Slatersville Green is in many ways the embodiment of an idyllic New England village with a temple-front church (made of wood and topped by a steeple) overlooking the town green. Around the ope... More

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Courthouse Square, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA

Courthouse Square, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5473 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular gri... More

Seville Square, Adams, Government, Alcaniz & Zaragoza Streets, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Seville Square, Adams, Government, Alcaniz & Zaragoza Streets, Pensaco...

Significance: Seville Square serves as a focal point for the Historical District of Pensacola. Survey number: HABS FL-208 Building/structure dates: 1763 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1781 Su... More

Portmouth Square, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Portmouth Square, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1725 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Judiciary Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Judiciary Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated on Pierre L'Enfant's plan as a site for a federal judiciary, this area was set aside as one of seventeen parcels appropriated for public buildings. Since early in the 1800s, the site has... More

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular gri... More

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular gri... More

Franklin Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Franklin Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Vieux Carre Squares, Second District, Square Number 62, Royal, Bourbon, Saint Louis, & Toulouse Streets, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Vieux Carre Squares, Second District, Square Number 62, Royal, Bourbon...

Survey number: HABS LA-1100 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000377

Portmouth Square, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Portmouth Square, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1555 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portmouth Square, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Portmouth Square, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1555 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portmouth Square, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Portmouth Square, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1555 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular gri... More

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Courthouse Square, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA

Courthouse Square, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5473 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portmouth Square, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Portmouth Square, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1555 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular gri... More

Seville Square, Adams, Government, Alcaniz & Zaragoza Streets, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Seville Square, Adams, Government, Alcaniz & Zaragoza Streets, Pensaco...

Significance: Seville Square serves as a focal point for the Historical District of Pensacola. Survey number: HABS FL-208 Building/structure dates: 1763 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1781 Su... More

Seville Square, Adams, Government, Alcaniz & Zaragoza Streets, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Seville Square, Adams, Government, Alcaniz & Zaragoza Streets, Pensaco...

Significance: Seville Square serves as a focal point for the Historical District of Pensacola. Survey number: HABS FL-208 Building/structure dates: 1763 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1781 Su... More

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Market Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Market Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Pierre L'Enfant envisioned a grand fountain in this open space. The intersection here, as well as the large parcel of land to the south, were acquired by the federal government as Appropriation No... More

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Vieux Carre Squares, Second District, Square Number 62, Royal, Bourbon, Saint Louis, & Toulouse Streets, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Vieux Carre Squares, Second District, Square Number 62, Royal, Bourbon...

Survey number: HABS LA-1100 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000377

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Marshall Square Park, 200 East Marshall Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

Marshall Square Park, 200 East Marshall Street, West Chester, Chester ...

Honorable Mention Recipient - 2017 HALS Challenge: Documenting City or Town Parks Significance: On March 13, 1848 the Burgesses of West Chester established Marshall Square as the Borough's first public park. It... More

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular gri... More

Market Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Market Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Pierre L'Enfant envisioned a grand fountain in this open space. The intersection here, as well as the large parcel of land to the south, were acquired by the federal government as Appropriation No... More

Eisenhower Park, Bounded by Touro Street, Thames Street, and Washington Square , Newport, Newport County, RI

Eisenhower Park, Bounded by Touro Street, Thames Street, and Washingto...

Honorable Mention Recipient - 2017 HALS Challenge: Documenting City or Town Parks Significance: Eisenhower Park lies within a vernacular landscape of national significance. Newport was one of the British Empir... More

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular gri... More

Franklin Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Franklin Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marshall Square Park, 200 East Marshall Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

Marshall Square Park, 200 East Marshall Street, West Chester, Chester ...

Honorable Mention Recipient - 2017 HALS Challenge: Documenting City or Town Parks Significance: On March 13, 1848 the Burgesses of West Chester established Marshall Square as the Borough's first public park. It... More

Portmouth Square, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Portmouth Square, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1555 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular gri... More

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular gri... More

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular gri... More

Eisenhower Park, Bounded by Touro Street, Thames Street, and Washington Square , Newport, Newport County, RI

Eisenhower Park, Bounded by Touro Street, Thames Street, and Washingto...

Honorable Mention Recipient - 2017 HALS Challenge: Documenting City or Town Parks Significance: Eisenhower Park lies within a vernacular landscape of national significance. Newport was one of the British Empir... More

Vieux Carre Squares, Second District, Square Number 62, Royal, Bourbon, Saint Louis, & Toulouse Streets, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Vieux Carre Squares, Second District, Square Number 62, Royal, Bourbon...

Survey number: HABS LA-1100 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000377

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Market Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Market Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Pierre L'Enfant envisioned a grand fountain in this open space. The intersection here, as well as the large parcel of land to the south, were acquired by the federal government as Appropriation No... More

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Franklin Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Franklin Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...

See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More