Ward Circle






Ward Circle


Ward Circle is a traffic circle at the intersection of Nebraska and Massachusetts avenues in Northwest, Washington, D.C. The circle, totaling 30,243 sq ft (2,809.7 m2), is owned and administered by the National Park Service through its Rock Creek Park unit.[1] The land on three sides of is the campus of American University, while the fourth is occupied by the Nebraska Avenue Complex, home of the headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security. The circle is centered around a statue of Maj. Gen. Artemas Ward, which was donated by Harvard University.[2] Ward Circle was constructed for the sculpture.[3]


Sculpted from bronze by Leonard Crunelle at a cost of $50,000,[3] the statue was unveiled on November 3, 1938[4] by Maj. Gen. Ward's great-great-great-granddaughter, Mrs. Lewis Wesley Feick.[5] It shows Ward, the first Commander-in-Chief in the Revolutionary War, atop a granite pedestal in a Continental Army uniform.[4]


The pedestal of the statue bears the inscription:




ARTEMAS WARD

1727–1800

SON OF MASSACHUSETTS

GRADUATE OF HARVARD COLLEGE

JUDGE AND LEGISLATOR

DELEGATE 1780–1781 TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

SOLDIER OF THREE WARS

FIRST COMMANDER OF THE PATRIOT FORCES



Located on the west of the circle, the home of American University's School of Public Affairs was named for and is still sometimes known as Ward Circle — in 2017, the official name was changed to Kerwin Hall after former university president Cornelius M. Kerwin.[6][7] On the North side of the circle is American University's Katzen Arts Center.





General Artemas Ward



See also




  • General Artemas Ward statue

  • List of circles in Washington, D.C.



References





  1. ^ "Reservation List: The Parks of the National Park System, Washington, DC" (PDF). www.nps.gov. National Park Service; Land Resources Program Center; National Capital Region. August 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Details Drafted for Ward Circle". Washington Evening Star. March 13, 1933. p. 17.


  3. ^ ab "Monuments, Statues and Memorials: Rock Creek Park". National Park Service. April 10, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2018.


  4. ^ ab "General Artemas Ward (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved February 27, 2018.


  5. ^ "General Artemas Ward Monument Historical Marker". hmdb.org. June 16, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2018.


  6. ^ Samsel, Haley (June 27, 2017). "Ward Circle Building now named Kerwin Hall". The Eagle. Retrieved February 27, 2018.


  7. ^ Cassell, Jack C. (May 23, 2017). "Board of Trustees Spring 2017 Meeting Summary" (Press release). American University. Retrieved February 27, 2018.




External links






  • Ward Circle – Wikimapia


Coordinates: 38°56′16″N 77°05′09″W / 38.9379°N 77.0859°W / 38.9379; -77.0859










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