Washington Square

 
 
This is Washington Park in Old Town Quincy. The group are from left: Burt Wasson, Sandy & Wynn Farnsworth, Brother Gentry, Justine & Blaine Seamons, Chris Wasson, Wayne, Lynn & Susan Cottrell, Bill and Margo Schultz. We enjoyed our visit. One thing I did not get a picture of was of the old prison walls. They were stone and massive. When the prison was no longer used, the walls remained and they built a football field inside. It was plenty big enough to house the field and bleachers. We went back through the beautiful streets where the old houses have been restored. See earlier entries on this blog. We found out that it was the first planned community in the United States. Houses had to be set back from the street. The street had to be divided with a median strip, and colors were regulated.