Grand opening day at the new shiny new WASHINGTON SQUARE. Crowds are lined up to check out Sears, which anchors the north end of the facility. Sears has just moved from a center city location. It had opened, as Sears' first freestanding store, in October 1925.
Photo from Willard Library, Evansville

Libs Candies was an original store and mall tenant for several years. Libs, which encompassed 896 square feet, was located in the center of the center. It faced a dramatic Dancing Fountain water feature.

Drawing from Hironimus-Knapp & Given Architects

In late 1963, the WASHINGTON SQUARE mall encompassed approximately 322,000 leasable square feet. There were twenty-two stores in the mall proper and five peripheral structures. Free parking was provided for 2,000 autos.

WASHINGTON SQUARE TENANTS 1963:

SEARS (with Coffee House, Lawn & Garden Center and freestanding Auto Center) / A & P supermarket / Angel's Halos Beauty Salon / Arc Lanes bowling alley & The Flame Restaurant (outparcel) / Auto Laundry car wash (outparcel) / Deter's Jewelers  / Erie Office Building (outparcel) / Gordon's Men's Store / Indian Finance Corporation / Kinney Shoes / Libs Candies / Mary Lester Fabrics / Music Box Records / Old National Bank (outparcel) / Parchment House Stationers / Polly's Ice Cream Shop / Schultz's Clothing / The Baby Shop / The Boutique Gifts & Accessories / The Swiss Colony / The Tweed Shop ladies' wear / Three Sisters ladies' wear / Tom Brown's Round Table Restaurant / Washington Square Barber Shop / Washington Square Optometrist /  Washington Square Pharmacy (with luncheonette)