McPherson Square

McPherson Square
McPherson Square
	The Major General James B. McPherson Memorial located in McPherson Square
	Location within Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°54′7″N 77°2′2.8″W / 38.90194°N 77.034111°WCoordinates: 38°54′7″N 77°2′2.8″W / 38.90194°N 77.034111°W
Public transit access	McPherson Square

McPherson Square in winter

The McPherson Square station on the Washington Metro

McPherson Square is a square in downtown Washington, D.C. It is bound by K Street Northwest to the north, Vermont Avenue NW on the East, I Street NW on the south, and 15th Street NW on the West; it is one block northeast of Lafayette Park. It is the sister square of Farragut Square two blocks west.^[1]and is served by the McPherson Square station of the Washington Metro.

History[]

The park-like area is named after James B. McPherson, a major general who fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War before he was killed at the Battle of Atlanta. The Society of the Army of the Tennessee presented an equestrian statue of McPherson, which was erected at McPherson Square and dedicated on October 18, 1876. The sculpture represents McPherson surveying a battlefield. It was made by Louis Rebisso out of a captured cannon and rests on a granite pedestal.

Located in the central downtown commercial and business district, the square is frequented by area workers and street vendors, and restaurant-goers and the homeless at night. Owing to its proximity to the White House, it is also the site of political rallies and falls on the path of various protest marches. Adjacent buildings include the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Lafayette Building housing the Export-Import Bank, the 15th Street financial district, and numerous hotels.

The 2004 headquarters for Senator John Kerry's campaign for President was located in a building on McPherson Square.

On October 1, 2011, Occupy D.C. encamped in McPherson Square. On February 4, 2012, United States Park Police officers, citing no-camping statutes, evicted the occupiers.^[2]

References[]

^ "Farragut Square Cultural Landscape". NPS. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
^ Austermuhle, Martin (February 5, 2012). "McPherson Square, the Morning After". dcist. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2012.

External links[]

Cartwright, Catherine. "Where in the District: McPherson Square," The Hoya, September 26, 2003.

[1] "Farragut Square Cultural Landscape". NPS. Retrieved March 28, 2021.

[2] Austermuhle, Martin (February 5, 2012). "McPherson Square, the Morning After". dcist. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2012.

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v t Streets of Washington, D.C.
Numbered streets	7th Street 14th Street 16th Street NW 18th Street NW
Lettered streets	F Street H Street K Street M Street P Street U Street
State-named roadways	Connecticut Florida Georgia Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia
Border avenues and streets	Capitol Streets North East South Border Avenues Western Eastern Southern National Mall Constitution Independence President's Park Jackson Madison East Executive West Executive
Other streets	Benning Road Black Lives Matter Plaza Columbia Road Embassy Row Klingle Road MacArthur Boulevard Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
Circles	Anna J. Cooper Barney Banneker Chevy Chase Columbus Dupont Dave Thomas Grant Lincoln Memorial Logan Observatory Peace Pinehurst Scott Sheridan Sherman Tenley Thomas Ward Washington Westmoreland
Squares	Farragut Franklin Freedom Lafayette Lincoln McPherson Mount Vernon Seward Stanton Union
Parkways	Clara Barton George Washington Memorial Oxon Run Rock Creek and Potomac Suitland
Expressways	9th Street 12th Street Anacostia Center Leg E Street Kenilworth Avenue Potomac River Southeast Southwest