Lafayette Square hit by devastating tornado in 1896, took 70-years to recover
The 56th annual Lafayette Spring Home and Garden tour is June 7 & 8. The May 1896 tornado destroyed the park and most of the houses. People began restoring it in the 1960s and 70s. It became the city's first National Historic District.
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