Roughly bounded by Lafayette Ave., Rivard, Antietam, and Orleans Sts., Detroit, Michigan. County/parish: Wayne.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 01, 1996. NRIS 96000809.
26 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.
Lafayette Park is a neighborhood located east of Downtown Detroit. It contains a residential area of some 4,900 people and covers 0.37 sq mi.
The northern section, planned and partially built in the 1950s by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2015. Lafayette Park is located on the city's lower east side directly south of the Eastern Market Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25340936