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Welcome to the LSRC Archive Search Page. It is an interactive web-service intended for the residents of Lafayette Square. This portal provides information on and/or access to archived records pertaining to their community.

If a record is available online, a link is provided for downloading and viewing the document. Some records are only available via hardcopy and instructions for hardcopy retrieval are also made available.

Currently there are 1805 records in the LSRC Archives Database.

Document IDs are a simple indexing system designed to categorize archived records for easy storage and retrieval.

  • 1 - Lafayette Square Restoration Committee (LSRC)
    • 1A - Minutes
    • 1B - Financial Records and Budgets
    • 1C - History/By-Laws
    • 1D - Promotional Materials
    • 1E - Activities (i.e., New Resident Social)
    • 1G - House Tour
      • 1G1 - Booklets
      • 1G2 - Promo Posters and Media
      • 1G3 - Antiques On The Fence
    • 1H - LSRC Development Plans
  • 2 - Lafayette Square Arts Councel (LSAC)
    • 2A - Minutes
    • 2B - Activities (Movies, Concerts, Halloween)
    • 2C - Publications/Promotional Materials
  • 3 - Lafayette Park Conservancy
    • 3A - Minutes
    • 3B - Park History
    • 3C - Park Improvements
    • 3D - Park Notes Newsletter
    • 3E - Park Promo Materials/Events
    • 3F - Other Media Specific To Park
  • 4 - Lafayette Square Business Association
    • 4A - Minutes
    • 4B - History/By-Laws
    • 4C - Promotional Materials
  • 5 - Lafayette Square Community Garden
  • 6 - Lafayette Square Archives
  • 7 - Homes/Architecture
    • 7A - Housing
    • 7B - Theaters
    • 7C - Schools
    • 7D - Churches
    • 7E - Places of Business
    • 7F - Commercial Real Estate Listings
  • 8 - Marquis
  • 9 - Newspaper and Media Referencing Lafayette Square
  • 11 - Administrative (City, State, Federal)
    • 11A - Legislation Related To Lafayette Square/Park
    • 11B - Pronouncements/Dedications
    • 11C - Census Records/Demographics
    • 11D - Codes & Ordinances
  • 12 - Infrastructure
    • 12A - Streets, Sidewalks, Sewers, Gas Lines
    • 12B - Individual Streets & Development
    • 12C - Transportation
  • 13 - Maps
  • 14 - Residents Of Note
    • 14A - Resident Memoirs
    • 14B - Transcripts Of Oral Histories
    • 14C - Mixed Media
  • 16 - Photographs
    • 16A - Unattributed
    • 16B - Attributed
  • 17 - Events/Activities Not Specific To LSRC
  • 18 - Historical Events Affecting Lafayette Square
    • 18A - 1800’s
    • 18B - 1900-1968
    • 18C - 1969-1999
    • 18D - 2000’s
  • 19 - Crime And Safety
  • 20 - Police, Postal, Fire, Gas/Electric, Trash Services

How To Search

The text search bar works like most search tools with a few exceptions. The following information will help ensure an effective search.

Start by typing in the "Search" field. You can enter the document reference number (i.e, 14 2018 429 d), a street address, the name of a resident (first name, last name, or both) an author, type of document or record (news clipping, minutes, photo, map, newsletter, etc.), location name, year referenced, and/or the subject of the record.

  • The search is auto-complete enabled, so search returns will begin to populate the page after 3 characters.
  • When looking for multiple items, you must separate distinct search terms with a comma, like 2043 Park Ave, Montgomery Blair".
  • Records with a location or street address will display a marker on the map when you hover the mouse pointer over the record.
  • Adding distinct search terms serves to refine the search rather than expand it. Because the tool only returns records containing all the terms you are searching, as you add more terms, fewer records will result.
  • Partial words and terms will return related data. For example, ward will return Ward and Edward.

Searching for Mississippi Ave will return any and all records containing an address or reference to that street.

A combination of terms can also be applied using a comma to separate each term. For instance:

  • Searching Mary, 2008 returns only those records listing the word Mary and the numbers 2008
  • Ward, 1525 Missouri Ave, house tour will return those records containing all of those terms you listed
  • Minutes, LSRC, Clinton School will return that record containing all of those terms you listed

If you know alternate names for the same person, like Libby for Elizabeth, or Armstrong St for Mackay Pl, try each individually, or separate both with a comma.

Conventions for entering streets are St, Ave, Blvd and Pl, for Street, Avenue, Boulevard and Place

Geolocation Search

Click on the rectangle or polygon buttons on the map.

Use your mouse or trackpad to size the shape you choose within the map. This will define the search area. Your document results will then appear.

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Created by ©Dean Hand, 2017, All Rights Reserved.

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