The Lafayette Square Park is surrounded by many gates, there being an interesting story behind them. Before things in St. Louis were so urbanized, there were wild animals roaming the lands. The gates at Lafayette Square were built in order to keep the animals out so that people could relax without worrying about the wild animals.
Through the gate of the park is a shot of what was the first gated community in St. Louis, Missouri.
An old abandoned Gothic-style church by Lafayette Square, St. Louis, Missouri. The church was originally dedicated in 1908 for an Irish congregation. Immaculate Conception was the name for the church until the 1990s. St. Henry's had multiple fires and the second one in 1996 left their parish beyond repair, motivating them to merge with the Immaculate Conception. The churches combined names, forming the Immaculate Conception/ St. Henry's. The parish then closed in the year 2005 due to a decline in attendance.
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