Washington Memorial Arch

1:500 scale miniature paper model, about 2 inches tall

This monument in Greenwich Village commemorates the centennial of George Washington’s inauguration of 1789. The Beaux Arts arch by McKim, Mead & White features marble crests and insignia as well as matching portraits of Washington as general and as statesman.

Read more:

• Washington Square Arch in paintings and photographs on NY Architecture Images
• The fight to 'Save the Square' from a proposed roadway in the 1950s
• A history of Washington Square Park
• Wikipedia entry about the social history of Washington Square