Originally named Sunset Park, Lafayette Park consists of land given by Mrs. Clara R. Shatto 12/4/1899. In this picture the angled street at the left-hand side is Wilshire; the street across the center (near top of the park) is Commonwealth, which intersects with Sixth Street (street car is at the corner). A white sign board seen in the center left is the future site of the Town House Hotel; a large vacant lot at Sixth, Commonwealth and Hoover is the future site of the First Congregational Church; and a clump of trees in the middle distance on the right is the future site of Felipe de Neve Branch Library. View is looking northwest from the roof of Bryson Apartments.
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