Lafayette Square Historic District
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Lafayette Square Historic District | |
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(U.S. National Historic Landmark District) | |
Location: | Washington, District of Columbia |
Built/Founded: | 1851 |
Architect: | L'Enfant,Pierre; Et al. |
Architectural style(s): | Late Victorian, Federal |
Designated as NHL: | August 29, 1970[1] |
Added to NRHP: | August 29, 1970[2] |
NRHP Reference#: | 70000833 |
Governing body: | DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY |
Lafayette Square Historic District is a historic district in Washington, D.C. It includes the seven acre Lafayette Square park, and surrounding buildings.[3]
NRHP 'travel itinerary' listing at the National Park Service
It includes the American Peace Society house, at 734 Jackson Place.
It is located "Roughly between 15th and 17th Sts. and H St. and State and Treasury Places, exclusive of the White House and its grounds" [2]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.[1][4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Lafayette Square Historic District. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ Lafayette Square Historic District. Washington D.C. National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the NPS Focus search site.
[edit] External links
- Lafayette Square Historic District, NRHP 'travel itinerary' listing at the National Park Service
- Lafayette Square, Jackson Place, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC: 1 color photo, at Historic American Building Survey
- Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC: 9 photos, 3 drawings, 32 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey
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