Looking from the Henry Clay statue towards Gallier Hall.

ID: 4001 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Vicky Leung. ~ Creator: Vicky Leung ~ Date: December 2012

Lafayette Square

By Emily Galik, Vicky Leung & Kathryn O'Dwyer, editor

Planned in 1788, Lafayette Square is named after Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de LaFayette: a French aristocrat and general who fought on the American side of the American Revolution.