Washington Arch

Washington Arch was created to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States. It bears Washington’s words, “Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God.” Dedicated on May 4, 1895, the arch was built from 1890 to 1892 with Stanford White as architect and restored in 2004. Its artistic program includes eagles by Philip Martiny; trophy panels by McKim, Mead and White; spandrel figures of Peace, War, Fame, and Prosperity by Frederick William MacMonnies; an east pier sculpture of George Washington as Commander-in-Chief accompanied by Fame and Valor by Hermon Atkins MacNeil; and a west pier sculpture of George Washington as President of the United States accompanied by Wisdom and Justice by Alexander Stirling Calder, with the Piccirilli Brothers as principal carvers.

New York, New York · United States