File:Aerial view of LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C LCCN2011646652.tif

English: Title: Aerial view of LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C

Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color.

Notes: Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:083).; Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration.; Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer.; Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park. The Square and the surrounding structures were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1970. Originally planned as part of the pleasure grounds surrounding the Executive Mansion. The park has been used as a race track, a graveyard, a zoo, a slave market, an encampment for soldiers during the war of 1812, and many political protests and celebrations. In 1824 the square was officially named in honor of General Lafayette of France.; Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.