"At Camp Street three blooming Century Plants."

ID: 5158 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the New Orleans Public Library, Alexander Allison Photograph Collection. ~ Creator: Alexander Allison ~ Date: 1950

This file appears in: Lafayette Square

This file appears in: Lafayette Square

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.