Washington Square (Newport, Rhode Island)

 place with historical importance, draw only border, historic town square

Washington Square is the geographical and historical heart of Newport Rhode Island. More trapezoid than square, it exists at the intersection of several major streets and what was the colonial long wharf, projecting into the harbor off Aquidneck Island and into Narragansett Bay. Although as a civic space it is colonial in origin, dating back to the first settlement of 1639, much of its present shape, form and name dates from the 19th century while a number of its most prominent buildings are of early 20th century design. Like most great civic spaces, it developed over time rather than being imposed by design.

The first group of Anglo settlers – among them William Coddington, John Clarke, Henry Bull, and the Easton family each clustered their house lots of about 10 acres close to a fresh water spring and a short distance uphill from the shoreline. The spring still flows (although its course is now subterranean) but all the original houses are gone, the last, Henry Bull’s, being destroyed by fire in 1912.

[originally Queen Anne Park, renamed after George Washington's death, 1799, not to be confused with Queen Anne Square/Park east of Trinity Church that was developed during 1960s - 1970s]

Timeline of Eisenhower Park (Washington Square) -
www.newporthistorical.org/index.php/history-of-eisenhow...