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Event:  Fence Built around Lafayette Park
Category:  Planning and Development
Brief Description:  The cast iron fence that still surrounds Lafayette Park was erected in 1869. The park, the City´s first, was orginally established in 1836. The iron fence survived the devastating tornado of 1896 that destroyed many of the homes in the surrounding neighborhood.
Year:  1869
Decade:  1860 - 1869
Beginning Date:    1869
Ending Date:    1869

 

 

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