. History of the Washington arch in Washington square, New York, including the ceremonies of laying the corner-stone and the dedication. . dence and interestin the locality, there had developed something of thefeeling of public spirit and local pride, more usuallyfound in smaller municipalities, so that unity of actionwas more readily attained, it is believed, than couldhave been secured in the newer quarters of the in the existence of this neighborly feeling,the originator of the enterprise, shortly before the de-signs were completed and the contract signed, drew upand privatel
. History of the Washington arch in Washington square, New York, including the ceremonies of laying the corner-stone and the dedication. . dence and interestin the locality, there had developed something of thefeeling of public spirit and local pride, more usuallyfound in smaller municipalities, so that unity of actionwas more readily attained, it is believed, than couldhave been secured in the newer quarters of the in the existence of this neighborly feeling,the originator of the enterprise, shortly before the de-signs were completed and the contract signed, drew upand privately circulated from house to house a subscrip-tion paper, of which the following is a copy: It is proposed to erect a Triumphal Arch, underwhich the procession in celebration of the Centennialof the Inauguration of President Washington will passon the 30th of April next. Designs for this Arch are in course of prepara-tion by Mr. Stanford White, Architect, who has kindlyconsented to prepare them, and has offered his serviceswithout expense. The Arch will be erected in accordance with oneof Mr. Whites designs, at such point upon Fifth 8. WASHINGTON ARCH, (North View.) Avenue between Washington Square and 14th Street,as he may advise. The route of the procession is not, as at firstannounced, up Broadway to 14th Street, but is upBroadway to Waverley Place, down Waverley Place toFifth Avenue, and up Fifth Avenue to 59th Street. The Arch to be erected will be paid for byvoluntary subscriptions, and the design will be selectedduring this present month in accordance with theamount subscribed. Subscriptions will only be sought from residentson Waverley Place, Washington Square, and FifthAvenue, from the Square to 14th Street. You are respectfully invited to subscribe to thefund. Cheques may be sent to order of the under-signed, as Treasurer of the fund, or, if cash be sub-scribed, it may be handed to the bearer. In either case,it is requested that the name of the subscriber andamount of t
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