Lafayette Square

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Lafayette and Washington

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Location: Manhattan Avenue at 114th Street
Sculptor: Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
Description: Group on pedestal
Materials: Bronze, Hauteville marble
Dimensions: H: 20'2" W: 15' D: 10'6"
Dedicated: 1890; April 19, 1900
Donor: Charles Broadway Rouss
Inscription: (front)
LAFAYETTE WASHINGTON / PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK / BY / CHARLES B ROUSS / APRIL NINETEENTH NINETEEN HUNDRED

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