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 Lafayette Square is one the city’s most beautifully
restored historic neighborhoods.
And Lafayette Park is the heart of Lafayette Square.
While it serves as a gathering spot for neighborhood meetings, summer concerts and weddings, it also
is a wonderful place to take a stroll, have a picnic, take children to the playground or watch a softball
game.
Everyday walkers and runners, bikers and bladers and dogs and their owners visit the park that
anchors the surrounding neighborhood. And the many benches provide a quiet place to get away
from the city.
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 The gazebo can be rented for $300 for four hours
for weddings, reunions, picnics and parties.
Walking on the edges of the park, the view is of large Victorian homes, painted every shade of
the rainbow. The area gained national recognition in 1998 as winner of the Prettiest Painted
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 Homes in the area were designed by some of
St. Louis' best-known architects such as George
Ingham Barnett, Theodore Link and Otto Wilhelm. The earliest homes date back to the 1850s, and
reflect the Federal style. These homes are grand but of a more simple style than the later Victorian
counterparts and often have the entranceway placed on the side of the building. The period of greatest
construction activity for the Second Empire style Victorian town houses were the two decades beginning
in 1865. These homes tend to be two stories topped by a third floor masard roof with dormer windows.
Homes built after 1890 have Germanic influences and are built entirely of red brick and are characterized
by wide arches, turrets, classical columned porches and iron balconies. |
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Be part of this exciting volunteer opportunity
and become involved in the restoration of
Lafayette Square Park
To volunteer or make a donation
call: (314) 289-5323 |
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