Rawlins Park
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Rawlins Park is a rectangular public park in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., two blocks west of the White House grounds and two blocks north of the National Mall. The boundaries of
Rawlins Park in 2008
The statue of John Aaron Rawlins
United States General Services Administration Building, completed in 1917, is on the north side of the park
Main Interior Building, completed in 1936, is on the south side of the park
Statue of John Aaron Rawlins
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The statue of John Aaron Rawlins, a United States Army general who served during the Civil War and later as Secretary of War, is a focal point of Rawlins Park, a small public park in Washington, D.C.'
Rawlins Park
…NW to the south and north, and 19th Street NW to the west. The park was an undeveloped open space for many years, until plans were made to install the statue of John Aaron Rawlins in 1874. Various improvements were made, but the area surrounding the park remained mostly undeveloped. This changed in the 1890s when the area was…
John Aaron Rawlins
The sculpture in 2013