curtis building: Wandering around Washington Square in Philly - 10/04/18 12:58 PM
I was early for a Society of Architectural Historians meeting at the Athenaeum on Washington Square the other day, so I took some time and explored the Square and the Curtis Building, which faces it.
One of the original 5 squares laid out by William Penn, the history of the area is below:
In the 18th century, Washington Square served as a potter’s field for those who couldn’t afford (or were deemed not to deserve) burial in churchyards or private graveyards. During the Revolutionary War, when the British occupied the city, prisoners who died in Walnut Street Prison, at 6th and … (1 comments)

 
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