Fairmount Park in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Lafayette
1757 - 1834
Erected 1947 by Sidney Waugh, sculptor.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 39° 58.022′ N, 75° 10.991′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Fairmount Park. It is on Waterworks Drive 0.2 miles south of Kelly Drive, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 640 Schuylkill River Trail, Philadelphia PA 19130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Forebay (within shouting distance of this marker); Friedrich von Steuben (within shouting distance of this marker); General Nathanael Greene (within shouting distance of this marker); William Rush (within shouting distance of this marker); Arch & Standpipe (within shouting distance of this marker); Engine & Mill Houses (within shouting distance of this marker); How the Water Works Worked / Useful & Beautiful (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Heroes (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
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