But in 1797 a new Potter's Field was opened in Washington Square.

According to the plans of the Commissioners' Map of 1811, there was to be no Fifth Avenue between Twenty-third Street and Thirty-fourth Street.

The Avenue was to end temporarily at the former point, and resume its journey eleven blocks farther north.

As early as 1785 a powder magazine stood within the present domains of the Square.

A United States Arsenal, erected in 1808, was near the spot of the Farragut statue.