List of memorials to George Washington
This is a list of memorials to George Washington , the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and first president of the United States .
Federal holiday
Washington's Birthday has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1879.
States, counties, and townships
One of the United States, 31 counties, and 241 civil townships are named for George Washington.
Place
Type
Washington
state
Washington County
30 counties
Washington Parish, Louisiana
county equivalent
Washington Township, Arkansas
11 townships
Washington Township, North Dakota
township
Washington Township, South Dakota
3 townships
Washington Township, Illinois
3 townships
Washington Township, Michigan
3 townships
Washington Township, Nebraska
4 townships
Washington Township, New Jersey
5 townships
Washington Township, Ohio
43 townships
Town of Washington, Wisconsin
7 township equivalents
Town of Port Washington, Wisconsin
township equivalent
Lake Washington Township, North Dakota
township
Municipalities and inhabited areas
Institutions
Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington
Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington
George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
University of Washington in Seattle, Washington
Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania
Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia
Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland
Washington High School (disambiguation) , several institutions
Washington State University in Pullman, Washington
Washington University in St. Louis , Missouri
Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington
Forts
Estates
Geological features
Parks
Washington's Crossing , National Historic Landmark
Washington Park, Florida
Washington Park, Illinois
Washington Park, North Carolina
Washington Place (Baltimore) – part of a set of four matching squares/parks around the circle of the Washington Monument. Washington Place are the two squares/parks along Charles Street's north–south axis, and the intersecting other squares/parks are along East and West Monument Street, also known as Mount Vernon Place on the east–west axis, in the north Baltimore neighborhood of Mount Vernon.
Washington Square Park , New York City
Washington Square Park, Philadelphia
Washington Square (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Neighborhoods
Transportation
Monuments
United States
Washington, D.C.
Copy (c. 1815 ) after Bust of George Washington by Giuseppe Ceracchi (1795), White House .
Enthroned Washington (1840), by Horatio Greenough , for the United States Capitol . Now in the National Museum of American History .
Washington Resigning His Commission (ca. 1841), by Ferdinand Pettrich , Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington Monument (1848–84), Robert Mills , architect, National Mall . The best-known monument to Washington.[who? ]
Equestrian statue of George Washington (1860), by Clark Mills , Washington Circle
The George Washington University (1904). Founded as Columbian College (1821), the name was changed in agreement with the George Washington Memorial Association (1904). Statues in University Yard and elsewhere on main campus.
Copy (1909) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), United States Capitol rotunda
Copy (1932) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), George Washington University
Copy after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Larz Anderson House
Copy after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), inside the Washington Monument
George Washington (1934–65), by Lee Lawrie , Washington National Cathedral
Stained glass window of George Washington at Prayer (1954–55), Congressional Prayer Room, United States Capitol
George Washington on Horseback (1959), by Herbert Haseltine , Washington National Cathedral
Bust of George Washington (1975), by Avard Fairbanks , George Washington University
California
Washington Tree , Sequoia National Park . Second-tallest tree in the world, prior to a 2003 lightning strike and 2005 collapse.
Washington Square Park, San Francisco (1847)
George Washington (1870s), by Thomas Ball, Washington Monument, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale , Los Angeles
Copy (1933) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Civic Center, Los Angeles
George Washington High School , San Francisco (1936)
The school contains a copy of Houdon's George Washington . Its 13 "Life of Washington" murals (1936) by Victor Arnautoff are threatened with removal, as of Summer 2019.[ 1]
Colorado
Connecticut
George Washington as Master Mason (1959, this cast 1965), by Donald De Lue , Masonicare Health Center, Wallingford
Washington College, founded in Hartford in 1823 (later changed its name to Trinity College
Georgia
Illinois
Washington Square Park, Chicago (1842)
Washington Park, Chicago (1880)
Washington Park, Springfield (1901)
Equestrian statue of George Washington (1900–04), by Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter , Washington Park , Chicago. A replica of French & Potter's statue in Paris, France.
Copy (1917) of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Chicago City Hall , Chicago
George Washington – Robert Morris – Haym Salomon Monument (1936–41), by Lorado Taft , Heald Square, Chicago
Bust of George Washington by Avard Fairbanks , in downtown Peoria , gift of George Washington University on the occasion of the Creve Coeur Club of Peoria's 100th George Washington Banquet
Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
Washington Oak, Audubon Park, New Orleans
George Washington as Master Mason (1959), by Donald De Lue , Main Branch, New Orleans Public Library , New Orleans. Replicas are in Flushing, Queens , New York City (1964), Wallingford, Connecticut (1965), Alexandria, Virginia (1966), Detroit, Michigan (1966), Lexington, Massachusetts (1979), Lansing, Michigan (1982), and Indianapolis, Indiana (1987).[ 2]
Maine
Maryland
Washington College , Chestertown . Chartered in 1782 as the College at Chester, it was renamed for Washington by 1783.
Washington Monument (1815–29), Robert Mills , architect, Enrico Causici , sculptor, Mount Vernon Place , Baltimore
Washington Monument (1827), Washington Monument State Park , Boonsboro . The first completed monument to Washington.
George Washington (1857), by Edward Sheffield Bartholomew , Druid Hill Park , Baltimore
George Washington (1947), by Lee Lawrie , Washington College , Chestertown. A bronze version of Lawrie's marble statue at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
Massachusetts
Equestrian statue of George Washington (1869), by Thomas Ball , Public Garden , Boston
Copy (ca. 1910) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Forest Park , Springfield
George Washington Memorial Highway (1932), Waltham to West Springfield
George Washington as Master Mason (1959, this cast 1979), by Donald De Lue , National Heritage Museum , Lexington
Copy after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), National Heritage Museum , Lexington
Michigan
George Washington as Master Mason (1959, this cast 1966), by Donald De Lue , Old Mariners Church , Detroit
George Washington as Master Mason (1959, this cast 1982), by Donald De Lue , Elliott-Larsen Building , Lansing
George Washington (2003), by Anthony Frudakis, Hillsdale College , Hillsdale
Bust of George Washington , George Washington Masons Memorial, Michigan Memorial Garden Cemetery, Flat Rock
Minnesota
Missouri
Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis. Chartered as Eliot Seminary in 1853, it was renamed Washington Institute in 1854, renamed Washington University in 1856, and renamed Washington University in St. Louis in 1976
Copy (1856) of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Lafayette Park , St. Louis
Washington Terrace (St. Louis) , a gated community founded about 1892
George Washington Memorial (1925), Kansas City . A copy after Henry Shrady 's equestrian statue in Brooklyn , New York.
Copy (2003) of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Washington University in St. Louis
New Hampshire
New Jersey
George Washington (c. 1876 ), by Mahlon Dickerson Eyre , Montgomery Plaza, Trenton . Exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania.
Colossal statue of George Washington, Father of His Country (1891–93), by William Rudolf O'Donovan , atop Trenton Battle Monument , Trenton
George Washington (1896), by Nels N. Alling , Market Square, Perth Amboy City Hall , Perth Amboy
George Washington (1912), by J. Massey Rhind , Washington Park , Newark
Bas-relief of General George Washington (1916), by Mahonri Mackintosh Young , Leonia Presbyterian Church, Leonia
George Washington at Valley Forge (1918), by Carlo Abate, Camden County Hall of Justice, Camden
Princeton Battle Monument (1922) by Frederick MacMonnies , Princeton, New Jersey
George Washington (1927–1928), by Frederick Roth , Washington's Headquarters , Morristown
George Washington Kneeling in Prayer (1991), by Donald De Lue (completed by Granville Carter ), George Washington Memorial Park , Paramus .[ 5] A copy of De Lue's 1967 statue is at the Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania .[ 6]
New York
New York City
Bust of George Washington (1795), by Giuseppe Ceracchi , Metropolitan Museum of Art
Washington Square Park (1826). Created as Washington Military Parade Ground; renamed 1871. Bounded by Waverly Place, University Place (Washington Square East), West 4th Street (Washington Square South), and Macdougal Street (Washington Square West).
Equestrian statue of George Washington (1856), by Henry Kirke Brown , Union Square, Manhattan . This was the first equestrian statue of Washington.
George Washington (1882), by John Quincy Adams Ward , in front of Federal Hall National Memorial , Wall Street, Manhattan
Washington Square Arch (1892), Stanford White , architect, Washington Square Park , Manhattan. Two statues were later added:
George Washington as Commander-in-Chief, Accompanied by Fame and Valor (1914–16), by Hermon MacNeil
George Washington as President, Accompanied by Wisdom and Justice (1916–18), by Alexander Stirling Calder
Equestrian statue of George Washington at Valley Forge (1901–06), by Henry Shrady , Continental Army Plaza, Brooklyn
General George Washington in Prayer at Valley Forge (1904), by James E. Kelly , Federal Hall National Memorial , Manhattan
George Washington Bridge (1930), over Hudson River
Copy (ca. 1930) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), City College of New York , Manhattan
George Washington as Master Mason (1959, this cast 1964), by Donald De Lue , Flushing Meadows–Corona Park , Queens . Exhibited at the 1964 New York World's Fair .
Washington in Prayer at Valley Forge (1904), by
James E. Kelly ,
Federal Hall National Memorial , Manhattan
George Washington as Commander-in-Chief (1914–16), by
Hermon MacNeil ,
Washington Square Arch
George Washington as President (1916–18), by
Alexander Stirling Calder ,
Washington Square Arch
George Washington at Valley Forge (1901–06), by
Henry Shrady , Continental Army Plaza, Brooklyn
Outside New York City
Washington Park, Albany (1870)
George Washington (1886–87), by William Rudolf O'Donovan , housed in the base of the Tower of Victory , Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site , Newburgh
Copy after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), United States Military Academy , West Point
George Washington Monument (1916), United States Military Academy , West Point. A replica of Henry Kirke Brown 's Union Square, Manhattan, equestrian statue (1856).
Copy (1932) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Alfred E. Smith Building , Albany
George Washington (1932), unknown Italian sculptor, Washington Square Park, Clyde
The Vision (George Washington at Valley Forge ) (1959), by Benjamin Thorne Gilbert, Utica Public Library , Utica
George Washington (1976), by Josip Turkalj, Old County Hall , Buffalo
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
George Washington (1815), by William Rush , now in Second Bank of the United States , Philadelphia
Washington Square, Philadelphia . Set aside as a public park by William Penn in 1682, it was named for Washington in 1825.
George Washington (1869), by Joseph A. Bailly , in front of Independence Hall , Philadelphia. This bronze replica was installed in 1910; the original marble is now in Philadelphia City Hall .
George Washington Memorial (1891), by Edward Ludwig Albert Pausch , Allegheny Commons Park , Pittsburgh
Washington Monument (1893), by Frank Carlucci, Lackawanna County Courthouse , Scranton
Washington Monument (Philadelphia) (1897), by Rudolf Siemering . Relocated 1928, to in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art .
Washington Memorial Chapel (1903–17), Milton B. Medary architect, Valley Forge National Park , Valley Forge
Valley Forge (Seated Washington ) (1879), by Franklin Simmons . A bronze statuette in the chancel.
George Washington Window , by Nicola D'Ascenzo. A stained glass window depicting 36 scenes from Washington's life.
National Patriots Bell Tower (1950–53), Zantzinger & Borie , architects. Houses the 58-bell Washington Memorial National Carillon .
George Washington by C. Paul Jennewein (1953), on exterior of the National Patriots Bell Tower
Copy (1910) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1785–91), Jefferson Memorial Park, Pittsburgh
George Washington (1917), unknown sculptor, Washington Crossing Monument, Washington Crossing Historic Park , Washington Crossing
George Washington (1921–22), by C. S. Kilpatrick, Fort Leboeuf Museum , Waterford
Copy (1922) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier (1956), Washington Square , Philadelphia
Copy (1931) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Washington's Headquarters Valley Forge National Park
George Washington Kneeling in Prayer (1967), by Donald De Lue , Freedoms Foundation , Valley Forge
Washington Crossing the Delaware (1974–76), by Frank Arena, Washington Crossing Historic Park , Washington Crossing. A near-lifesize sculpture group based on Emanuel Leutze 's 1851 painting.
George Washington (1815), by
William Rush ,
Second Bank of the United States , Philadelphia
Washington Square (1825), Philadelphia
George Washington (1869, bronze replica 1910), by
Joseph A. Bailly ,
Independence Hall , Philadelphia
George Washington Memorial (1891), by
Edward Ludwig Albert Pausch ,
Allegheny Commons Park , Pittsburgh
Washington Monument (1893), by Frank Carlucci, Scranton
Monument to George Washington (1897), by
Rudolf Siemering , Philadelphia
George Washington (1917), Washington Crossing
George Washington (1921–22), by C. S. Kilpatrick, Waterford
George Washington (1953), by
C. Paul Jennewein ,
Washington Memorial Chapel , Valley Forge
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Virginia
George Washington (1785–1791), by Jean-Antoine Houdon , Virginia State Capitol , Richmond
George Washington (1844), Old George , by Matthew Kahle, atop Washington Hall at Washington and Lee University , Lexington
Copy (1856) cast by William James Hubard after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Virginia Military Institute , Lexington
Washington Monument (1849–1857), by Thomas Crawford , Capitol Square, Richmond
George Washington Masonic National Memorial (1923–1932), Harvey Wiley Corbett , architect, Alexandria :
Massive bronze statue of Illustrious Brother George Washington (1949–50), by Bryant Baker
Mural of George Washington Laying the Cornerstone of the United States Capitol (1952–1955), by Allyn Cox
George Washington as Master Mason (1959, this cast 1966), by Donald De Lue
Gen. George Washington , by Cyd Player Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine , Historic Yorktown (Riverwalk Landing)
George Washington Memorial Parkway , authorized by Congress 1930, first section opened 1932
George Washington National Forest , western Virginia and eastern West Virginia . Established as Shenandoah National Forest (1918). Name changed to honor George Washington (1932). Natural Bridge National Forest added (1933).
Copy of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), University of Virginia , Charlottesville
Washington (state)
George, Washington , Grant County , a city in Eastern Washington
Lake Washington , King County , east of Seattle
Mount Washington , Cascade Mountains, King County
Mount Washington , Olympic Mountains, Mason County
Statue of George Washington (1909), by Lorado Taft , University of Washington , Seattle
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Argentina
Colombia
France
Hungary
Mexico
Peru
Poland
Thailand
United Kingdom
Venezuela
Other
In the United States
Some of the locations below are named for George Washington:
Outside the United States
Places named for George Washington outside of the United States include:
George Washington , a small town in Villa Clara Province , Cuba
George Washington Avenue (Spanish: Avenida George Washington ) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
George Washington Avenue (Polish: Aleja Jerzego Waszyngtona ) in Warsaw, Poland
George Washington Roundabout (Polish: Rondo Jerzego Waszyngtona ) in Warsaw, Poland
George Washington Street (Serbian: Улица Џорџа Вашингтона/Ulica Džordža Vašingtona ) in Belgrade, Serbia
New Washington , a small town in Aklan Province, Philippines
Washington Avenue (Italian: Viale Washington ) in Rome, Italy
Washington Avenue (German: Washington Allee ) in Hamburg, Germany
Washington Island , a coral atoll belonging to Kiribati
Washington Street in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Washington Street (French: Rue Washington ) in Paris, France; 8th arrondissement
Washington Street (French: Rue Washington; Dutch: Washingtonstraat ) in Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Washington Street, Cork , in Cork, Ireland
Washington Park (Spanish: Parque Washington ) in Barranquilla, Colombia
George Washington Street (Ukrainian: Вулиця Джорджа Вашингтона ) in Lviv, Ukraine
Washington Place, a village in Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines
Cape Washington, in Antarctica
See also
References
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^ Washington by Donald De Lue Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine from SIRIS.
^ Knox Trail Monument No. 25 (Massachusetts) Archived 2012-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Vandals hit Minneapolis statues of George Washington and pioneers" . Star Tribune . Archived from the original on 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2020-11-27 .
^ George Washington Kneeling in Prayer (Paramus, New Jersey) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine from Historic Marker Database.
^ George Washington Kneeling in Prayer Archived 2011-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ "George Washington Monument, Cleveland" . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-05-01 .
^ Ryan, Jim (2020-06-19). "George Washington statue toppled during 22nd consecutive day of Portland protests" . The Oregonian . Archived from the original on 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2020-11-27 .
^ KATU Staff (2020-06-19). "George Washington statue in Portland toppled, protests continue" . KATU . Archived from the original on 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2020-11-19 .
^ David Williams (2020-06-19). "Protesters tore down a George Washington statue and set a fire on its head" . CNN . Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-11-27 .
^ "Texas' Unlucky Sculptor" . Texas Co-op Power Magazine . Retrieved 2020-06-19 .[permanent dead link ]
^ Inscription: "El Gobierno y el Pueblo de Venezuela a JORGE WASHINGTON Fundador de la Republica del Norte Erigido en el Centenario del Libertador Simon Bolivar 1883." Source: Frances David Whittemore, George Washington in Sculpture (2005), p. 125.
^ Venezuela Washington Archived 2015-02-04 at the Wayback Machine from Flickr.