Ward Circle

Ward Circle

Ward Circle is a traffic circle at the intersection of Nebraska and Massachusetts avenues in Northwest, Washington, D.C. The circle, totaling 30,243 sq ft (2,809.7 m2), is owned and administered by the National Park Service through its Rock Creek Park unit.[1] The land on three sides of is the campus of American University, while the fourth is occupied by the Nebraska Avenue Complex, home of the headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security. The circle is centered around a statue of Maj. Gen. Artemas Ward, which was donated by Harvard University.[2] Ward Circle was constructed for the sculpture.[3]

Sculpted from bronze by Leonard Crunelle at a cost of $50,000,[3] the statue was unveiled on November 3, 1938[4] by Maj. Gen. Ward's great-great-great-granddaughter, Mrs. Lewis Wesley Feick.[5] It shows Ward, the first Commander-in-Chief in the Revolutionary War, atop a granite pedestal in a Continental Army uniform.[4]

The pedestal of the statue bears the inscription:

ARTEMAS WARD
1727–1800
SON OF MASSACHUSETTS
GRADUATE OF HARVARD COLLEGE
JUDGE AND LEGISLATOR
DELEGATE 1780–1781 TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
SOLDIER OF THREE WARS
FIRST COMMANDER OF THE PATRIOT FORCES

Located on the west of the circle, the home of American University's School of Public Affairs was named for and is still sometimes known as Ward Circle — in 2017, the official name was changed to Kerwin Hall after former university president Cornelius M. Kerwin.[6][7] On the North side of the circle is American University's Katzen Arts Center.

General Artemas Ward

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Reservation List: The Parks of the National Park System, Washington, DC" (PDF). www.nps.gov. National Park Service; Land Resources Program Center; National Capital Region. August 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ [Ward circle is known for lots of things. http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX-NB&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=O4FH59ONMTQxNDcwODM0OC44MTQ3MDA6MTo3OnJhLTk2NjY&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=58&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=58&p_docnum=1&p_docref=v2:13D5DA85AE05A305@EANX-NB-148A264D8D0BC080@2427147-1489E4772769D20E@16-148A2C8EB32B6D20@ "Details Drafted for Ward Circle"] Check |url= value (help). Washington Evening Star. March 13, 1933. p. 17. line feed character in |url= at position 41 (help)
  3. 1 2 "Monuments, Statues and Memorials: Rock Creek Park". National Park Service. April 10, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "General Artemas Ward (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ "General Artemas Ward Monument Historical Marker". hmdb.org. June 16, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ Samsel, Haley (June 27, 2017). "Ward Circle Building now named Kerwin Hall". The Eagle. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ Cassell, Jack C. (May 23, 2017). "Board of Trustees Spring 2017 Meeting Summary" (Press release). American University. Retrieved February 27, 2018.

Coordinates: 38°56′16″N 77°05′09″W / 38.9379°N 77.0859°W / 38.9379; -77.0859


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