Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park located within President's Park in Washington, D.C., directly north of the White House on H Street, bounded by Jackson Place on the west, Madison Place on
Aerial view: Lafayette Square is the green space to the left of Pennsylvania Avenue (center). The White House grounds are to the right
An 1824 portrait of Lafayette by Ary Scheffer, now housed in the U.S. House of Representatives
The Andrew Jackson statue of Andrew Jackson by Clark Mills, pictured c. 1900, erected in Lafayette Park in 1853
Clark Mills' equestrian statue of President Andrew Jackson, erected in 1853
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Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
…Lafayette Square is a seven-acre (28,327 m2) public park located within President's Park in Washington, D.C., directly north of the White House on H Street, bounded by Jackson Place on the west, Madison Place on the east and Pennsylvania Avenue on the south. It is named for the general, the…
Top: the Executive Residence's northern façade with a columned portico facing the North Lawn and Lafayette Square in 2008 Bottom: the Executive Residence's southern façade with a semi-circular portico facing the South Lawn and The Ellipse in 2006
An aerial view of the White House complex, including Pennsylvania Avenue (closed to traffic) in the foreground, the Executive Residence and North Portico (center), the East Wing (left), and the West Wing and the Oval Office at its southeast corner in April 2007
James Hoban's Charleston County Courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, whose design Washington admired
A 1793 elevation by James Hoban; his three-story, nine-bay original submission was altered into this two-story, 11-bay design.