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The Lafayette Park Historic District is located in central Albany, New York, United States. It includes the park and the combination of large government buildings and small rowhouses on the neighboring streets. In 1978 it was recognized as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). [1]
The Lafayette Square Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Washington, D.C., encompassing a portion of the original L'Enfant Plan for the city's core. It includes the 7-acre (2.8 ha) Lafayette Square portion of President's Park , all of the buildings facing it except the White House , and the buildings flanking the White ...
Lafayette Square is a seven-acre (28,327 m 2) public park located within President's Park in Washington, D.C., directly north of the White House on H Street, bounded by Jackson Place on the west, Madison Place on the east and Pennsylvania Avenue on the south.
An exhibit celebrating the life of the Marquis de Lafayette opened this month at the Hagen History Center's Watson-Curtze Mansion. ... Admission is $12 for adults, $7.50 for students and $7 for ...
In 1892, the City of Norfolk purchased the 65 acres (26 ha) that was currently occupied by Lafayette Park. In 1900, the park began acquiring animals to exhibit, and by 1901 its collection exceeded 200 animals, including mammals, birds and reptiles. [1] In 1974, the facility was fenced off from the city park, and renamed Lafayette Zoological Park.
The museum will be next-door to the AcA in Lafayette. The building is on the National Historic Register; the project is set to cost $3.5M.
The park was separated from the White House grounds in 1804, when third President Thomas Jefferson had Pennsylvania Avenue cut through east–west. In 1824, the park was officially renamed in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, the Frenchman and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).
Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., the northern part of President's Park in Washington, D.C. Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name.