Washington Park, Troy, NY: Its Evolution and History
by
Jeanne M. Keefe
Russell Sage College, Honors Thesis
1980

Once elegant row houses surround Washington Park in Troy, New York. Similar to Gramercy Park in NYC, Washington Park was laid out and surrounded in fence by . What started as land speculation is now one of only two privately owned urban ornamental parks remaining in the United States.

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Washington Place, facing east from No.1 to No.10 and facing west from No. 10 to No. 1.

View along the west side of Second Street and looking east on Washington St. to St. Mary's Church