Lafayette Square Historic District
- Vicinity: Roughly between 15th and 17th Sts and H St and State and Treasury Places, exclusive of the White House and its grounds
- Neighborhood of Downtown DC in Washington, DC
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| Pierre Charles L'Enfant | Architect | |||||
| 1859/02/27 | Daniel E Sickles | Scorned Husband | Spotting Key on a bench outside the Sickles home signalling Teresa, Daniel Sickles runs outside onto on Madison Place, shouts "Key, you scoundrel, you have dishonored my home. You must die" and shots him with multiple pistol shots. | Murder of Philip Barton Key | ||
| 1859/02/27 | Philip Barton Key II | Adulterer | US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Philip Barton Key, is shot in broad daylight on Madison Place, the street on the east side of Lafayette Square, by Congressman Daniel Sickles. | Murder of Philip Barton Key | ||
| 1961/00/00 | US Federal Government threatens to replace the townhouse on Lafayette Square with judicial offices. | |||||
| 1961/02/16 | The newly elected Kennedy administration indicates that it is anxious to retain the existing historic homes on Lafayette Square. | |||||
| 1962/02/00 | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | Preservationist | Mrs Kennedy lobbies GSA director Bernard L Boutin to stop the demolition of townhouses on Lafayette Sq. Mrs Kennedy then enlisted architect John Carl Warnecke to create a design which would incorporate the new buildings with the old. |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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| American Peace Society |
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| Ashburton House |
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| Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House | ||
| Blair House |
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| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
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| Cutts-Madison House | ||
| Decatur House | ||
| Presidential Townhouse |
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| Rathbone House |
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| Renwick Museum |
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| St John's Church |
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| Trowbridge House |
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| US Department of the Treasury |
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| Particulars for Lafayette Square Historic District: | |
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| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Owner | Federal |
| Architectural Style | Federal Style |
| Historic Use | Government Office |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Architectural Style | Late Victorian |
| Museum Type | Museum |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Historic Use | Plaza |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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