Lafayette Square Historic District

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Lafayette Square Historic District
(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

  1. ^ a b Lafayette Square Historic District. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  2. ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ Lafayette Square Historic District. Washington D.C. National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
  4. ^ 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.

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