The south façade of Washington Square Arch in Washington Square Park, New York City. The marble arch commemorates the 100th anniversary of George Washington’s inauguration. Devadvance/CC BY-SA 3.0
In 1889, architect Stanford White made a wooden triumphal arch for New York’s Washington Square Park to celebrate the centennial of George Washington’s inauguration at the city’s Federal Hall. The temporary arch, topped with a wooden sculpture of the first president, was decorated with classical motifs made of papier-mâché and plaster.
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