Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lafayette_Square,_Washington,_D.C.

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:public_park
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces	1970
gptkbp:adjacentTo	gptkb:White_House
gptkbp:area	approximately 7 acres
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:H_Street_NW gptkb:Jackson_Place_NW gptkb:Madison_Place_NW gptkb:Pennsylvania_Avenue_NW
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Decatur_House gptkb:Cutts-Madison_House St. John's Episcopal Church Hay-Adams Hotel (adjacent)
gptkbp:designation	National Historic Landmark
gptkbp:established	1824
gptkbp:features	gptkb:equestrian_statue_of_Andrew_Jackson benches walkways statues of foreign Revolutionary War heroes landscaped gardens
gptkbp:hasStatue	gptkb:Andrew_Jackson gptkb:Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette gptkb:Baron_von_Steuben gptkb:Comte_de_Rochambeau gptkb:Tadeusz_Kościuszko
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	site of historic buildings site of protests and demonstrations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:managedBy	gptkb:National_Park_Service
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
gptkbp:nearbyLandmark	gptkb:Eisenhower_Executive_Office_Building gptkb:White_House gptkb:Treasury_Building
gptkbp:neighborhood	gptkb:Downtown_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:notableEvent	site of 1963 March on Washington activities site of 2020 George Floyd protests site of suffrage protests in early 20th century
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:President's_Park
gptkbp:usedFor	public gatherings tourism political protests
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:St._John's_Episcopal_Church,_Lafayette_Square
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4