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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
 3 drawings |  9 b&w photos |  32 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
CALL NUMBER:
HABS DC,WASH,613-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 3 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 9 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 31 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.
CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HABS DC-676
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000833
Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House, the surrounding neighborhood was home to diplomats and some of the nation's most influential leaders. Although no residences remain on the square, the park draws tourists and local office workers at lunch. Since the 1960s, it has also become a popular site for First Amendment Rights demonstrations and a campsite for the homeless. Lafayette Park stands with the Mall and Capitol Grounds as one of the most significant open spaces in Washington, D.C.
SUBJECTS:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--District of Columbia--Washington
OTHER TITLE:
Reservation 10
White House (President's Park)
COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0784
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. AERIAL VIEW OF THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS AND LAFAYETTE SQUARE, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
2. VIEW OF LAFAYETTE SQUARE, LOOKING NORTH FROM THE ROOF OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
3. VIEW OF LAFAYETTE SQUARE FROM THE ROOF OF THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
4. VIEW OF THE EAST SIDE OF LAFAYETTE PARK FROM THE ROOF OF THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, LOOKING SOUTH.
5. LAFAYETTE PARK, LOOKING SOUTHEAST TO ANDREW JACKSON AND LAFAYETTE STATUES.
6. LODGE IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE, SOUTH FRONT, LOOKING NORTHWEST.
7. LODGE IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE, WEST FACADE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
8. ANDREW JACKSON STATUE, LAFAYETTE SQUARE, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
9. FENCE AROUND ANDREW JACKSON STATUE, WITH LODGE IN BACKGROUND, LOOKING NORTH.
CONTROL #:
DC0784
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