Roughly bounded by 2nd, Ferry, 6th and South Sts., Lafayette, Indiana. County/parish: Tippecanoe.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 28, 1980. NRIS 80000067.
72 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.
Downtown Lafayette Historic District is a national historic district located at Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Lafayette began in 1825 as a transportation center for the west central area of Indiana. Its development and growth reflects the changes in transportation over the intervening years. From its location along the Wabash River, it grew first with river travel then for a short while from the Wabash and Erie Canal. When the railroads arrived in the 1850s, the town began to grow, initially along the rail lines. The Downtown Lafayette Historic District reflects these early changes.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132004878