Locust and 6th Sts., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Philadelphia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 14, 1981. NRIS 81000558.
Part of Four Public Squares of Philadelphia TR (NRIS 64000725).
1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure. 1 contributing object.
Washington Square, originally designated in 1682 as Southeast Square, is a 6.4 acres (2.6 ha) open-space park in Center City, Philadelphia, The southeast quadrant and one of the five original planned squares laid out on the city grid by William Penn's surveyor, Thomas Holme. It is part of both the Washington Square West and Society Hill neighborhoods. In 2005, the National Park Service took over ownership and management of Washington Square, through an easement from the City of Philadelphia. It is now part of Independence National Historical Park.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993761