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The Lafayette College campus is a 110-acre suburban area located on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. Lafayette College also owns and maintains a 230-acre athletic complex, the Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex. The school is roughly 70 mi (110 km) west of New York City and 60 mi (97 km) north of Philadelphia.
A lithograph of Lafayette College, c. 1875 South College, one of Lafayette's largest residence halls, housing approximately 220 students in a coeducational setting. A group of Easton, Pennsylvania residents, led by James Madison Porter, son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown, Pennsylvania, met on December 27, 1824, at White's Tavern to discuss founding a college in town. [13]
Marquis de Lafayette is a monumental statue on the campus of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. The statue, designed by Daniel Chester French and standing on a pedestal designed by Henry Bacon , was dedicated in 1921 in honor of the college's namesake, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette .
The City of Lafayette is required to redistrict its six council districts two years after every U.S. Census cycle.
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Lafayette Parish voters approved a parish-wide tax of two mills for 10 years if either Lafayette or Scott was selected; neither Iberia Parish nor St. Martin Parish was able to do the same, instead passing only city-wide taxes. Lafayette's offer—the tax proceeds, $18,000 in cash, and 25 acres of land just outside the city limits, donated by ...
Zeta Psi chapter built its chapter house between 1909 and 1910 on the campus of Lafayette College. [2] It is located on 9.9 acres on 49 S. College Street. [2] The chapter house was the largest event space in the city and became a social hub of the campus and city.
Kirby Sports Center is a 2,453-seat multi-purpose arena in Easton, Pennsylvania.It was built in 1973 and is home to the Lafayette College Leopards basketball team.It hosted the 2000 Patriot League men's basketball tournament and has been the site of two Patriot League tournament finals, an Ivy League playoff game and numerous high school tournament contests.