Lafayette Square Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Lafayette Square Historic District
nrhp_type = nhld


caption =
location= Washington, D.C.
locmapin = District of Columbia
area =
built =1851
architect= L'Enfant,Pierre; Et al.
architecture= Late Victorian, Federal
designated= August 29, 1970cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1018&ResourceType=District
title=Lafayette Square Historic District |accessdate=2008-04-24|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = August 29, 1970cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
refnum=70000833

Lafayette Square Historic District is a historic district in Washington, D.C.It includes the seven acre Lafayette Square park, and surrounding buildings.cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wash/dc30.htm
title=Lafayette Square Historic District |accessdate=2008-05-09|work=Washington D.C. National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary listing |publisher=National Park Service] It is part of President's Park.

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"

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.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 [http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome NPS Focus search site] .]

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wash/dc30.htm Lafayette Square Historic District] , NRHP 'travel itinerary' listing at the National Park Service

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0944 Lafayette Square, Jackson Place, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC: 1 color photo] , at Historic American Building Survey
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0784 Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC: 9 photos, 3 drawings, 32 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey