Lafayette Square, St. Louis
Lafayette Square is a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, which is bounded on the north by Chouteau Avenue, on the south by Interstate 44, on the east by Truman Parkway, and on the west by South Jefferson Avenue. It surrounds Lafayette Park, which is the city's oldest public park — created by local ordinance in 1836.
French style houses in a row face Lafayette Square Park
Second Empire-style Victorian townhouses line the streets of Lafayette Square.
Terraced Houses in the Lafayette Square neighborhood in winter
The park contains a statue honoring Missouri's First Senator, Thomas Hart Benton by American sculptor Harriet Hosmer
Thomas Hart Benton (politician)
Thomas Hart Benton, nicknamed "Old Bullion", was an American politician, attorney, soldier, and longtime United States Senator from Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he was an architect and champion of westward expansion by the United States, a cause that became known as Manifest Destiny. Benton served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve five terms.
Thomas Hart Benton (politician)
Daguerreotype of Thomas Hart Benton, ca. 1850
Statue of Benton by Harriet Hosmer erected in 1868 in St. Louis at Lafayette Park
Benton depicted on an 1882 $100 Gold certificate