Washington Square is an 2.8-acre park in the North Beach district of San Francisco. It was established in 1847 and is one of the city's first parks. The park is bordered by sidewalk cafes and restaura
Aerial view of Washington Square in North Beach (with social distancing circles during the COVID-19 pandemic)
Saints Peter and Paul Church in Washington Square
Aerial view of Washington Square
Washington Square Park (eastern side)
Temperance fountain
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A temperance fountain was a fountain that was set up, usually by a private benefactor, to encourage temperance, and to make abstinence from beer possible by the provision of clean, safe, and free wate
Washington Square (San Francisco)
…It was home for a year for some 600 people who lived in wooden barracks and Army tents after the 1906 earthquake and fire. The base of the statue is a temperance fountain donated in 1879 by temperance crusader Henry D. Cogswell. Separated from the main park by Columbus Avenue, Marini Plaza is a tiny park at the corner…
One of many "Benson Bubblers" in downtown Portland
Boston Common, ca. 1890
Destruction of Cogswell's fountain in San Francisco, 1894; San Francisco Call
Tompkins Square Park, New York City