Washington Square Arch

Washington Square Arch
Washington Arch
	The south face of the arch
	40°43′52″N 73°59′50″W / 40.7312355°N 73.9971028°W
Location	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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