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- Located in the center of Washington, DC, President’s Park South has comprised the grounds south of the White House since 1791. Descending in a gradual sloping lawn south from the White House grounds, the park features the Ellipse at its center, Sherman Park in the northeast corner, and the First Division Monument in the northwest corner.
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Oct 14, 2021 · As a landscape closely associated with the Presidents of the United States, Downing, and several other preeminent landscape architects and sculptors, President’s Park South is a unique resource with national significance. View of the Ellipse and surrounding area from the Washington Monument.
The Ellipse, sometimes referred to as President's Park South, is a 52-acre (21 ha) park south of the White House fence and north of Constitution Avenue and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., US. The Ellipse is also the name of the five-furlong (1.0 km) circumference street within the park.
This 82-acre park includes the lands surrounding the White House and numerous significant memorials, monuments, and statues. President’s Park South constituted a signal piece of L’Enfant’s early city plan for Washington, and was acquired by the Federal Government in the 1790s.
New north-south streets in the President’s Park appear on Robert King’s 1818 map of the city, as do streets on the south side of the two squares. However, these do not yet connect to a street immediately north of the White House, where Pennsylvania Avenue is today.
The White House Grounds and the surrounding parkland, known as President’s Park, provide an elegant setting to welcome foreign dignitaries and to host national celebrations such as the lighting of the National Christmas Tree and the annual Easter Egg Roll, and on occasion public protests.
Jun 21, 2011 · President’s Park South is one of the most visited locations in the nation’s capital, and represents a unique design challenge that requires sensitive integration of security requirements into a landscape of extraordinary cultural and historic significance.
