Editor note: The following article is reprinted, with specific homeowner profiles summarized. The newspaper source itself was in such tough shape that I retyped the article and added the photos. As a document, it’s useful to explain the mindset of the Lafayette Square pioneers in the 1970s, and the original rationale for the Lafayette Square Restoration Committee (LSRC)*, now in its 56th year.
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1908: The lives of 1536 Mississippi
The five French Second Empire homes in the photo above are perhaps the most photographed of the entire historic district. They sit along Mississippi Avenue, one of the four 90’ wide streets that surround the square shaped Lafayette Park. These five have pride of place, across from a park gate and equidistant from both Lafayette and Park Avenues.
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