Washington Square Park

Fast Facts

Address: 10 St. Marys Place, Rochester 14604

Coordinates: 43° 9′ 12″ N, 77° 36′ 23″ W

Area: 1.083 acres

Streets and Waterways: South Clinton Avenue, Woodbury Boulevard, St. Marys Place, Court Street

Parking: On street, parking garage

Date of Construction/Opening: c. 1817, 1892-93

Landscape Architects: Olmsted Firm

Other Names: Washington Square, Johnson’s Square

Amenities: Benches, picnic tables, sculpture (Soldier’s and Sailor’s Monument by Leonard Volk), historic monuments, Austrian cannon from World War I, Claude Bragdon-designed First Universalist Church, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, GEVA Theatre, coffee shops and restaurants nearby, main branch of Rochester Public Library, Genesee River, Strong Museum of Play