Lafayette Square
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Lafayette and Washington
- 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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