This sculpture depicts the moment after President Washington took the oath of office, which he did at Federal Hall on Wall Street in 1789. The pedestal was designed by Richard Morris Hunt.
The statue "marks the exact height Washington stood when taking the oath of office on the balcony”
2021
Bronze statue installed in 1883
George Washington Statue
2021
Inscription under the George Washington Statue - 'On this site in Federal Hall April 30, 1789. George Washington took the oath as the first President of the United States of America'
Statue of George Washington at the entrance portico of Federal Hall