Nacogdoches, TX, United States
Washington Square. When Nacogdoches University was chartered by the Republic of Texas in 1845, three early settlers--Haden Edwards, Charles S. Taylor, and J. R. Arnold--donated 21.5 acres of land for the school. Known as Washington Square by 1848, the land was bounded by the present-day streets of H
ughes, Mound, Edwards, and Fredonia. University trustees erected a two-story red brick Greek Revival building on the square in 1858. During the Civil War it served as a Confederate Hospital, and follo
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