Johnson City Square Deal Arch is a historic "welcome arch" located at Johnson City in

Broome County, New York Broome County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the county had a population of 198,683. Its county seat is Binghamton. The county was named for John Broome, the state's lieutenant governor when Br ...

. It is one of two identical arches erected in 1920 in Johnson City and in nearby Endicott, known as the

Endicott Square Deal Arch Endicott Square Deal Arch is an historic "welcome arch" located at Endicott in Broome County, New York. It is one of two identical arches erected in 1920 in Endicott and in nearby Johnson City, known as the Johnson City Square Deal Arch. . It ...

. It was originally constructed by Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company employees to honor

George F. Johnson George Francis Johnson (1857–1948) was an American businessman. Biography Early life George Francis Johnson was born in Milford, Massachusetts, on October 14, 1857, to Francis A. Johnson and Sarah Jane (Aldrich) Johnson. His siblings wer ...

(1857–1948), their highly respected employer and benefactor. ''See also:'' After being dismantled in 1976 due to deterioration, it was rebuilt in 1982 in the same location. It was listed on the

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in 2001.

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Arches and vaults in the United States

Arch An arch is a vertical curved structure that spans an elevated space and may or may not support the weight above it, or in case of a horizontal arch like an arch dam, the hydrostatic pressure against it. Arches may be synonymous with vaul ...

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