Lafayette Square

Lafayette Park United Methodist Church is built of limestone in a Romanesque style.  The congregation has history dating back to 1834. 

Majority of houses were built in the 1900's in Lafayette Square some going back to the Civil War. 

Lafayette Square Victorian town houses of the area had many homes that were converted into rooming houses during the Depression.

Lafayette Square Park House was built in 1867. It was used as a police station but  now is the Lafayette Square Restoration Committee office. 

Lafayette Square is one of the oldest neighborhoods in St. Louis and is named after the Marquis de Lafayette.