Lafayette Park

Sep 21

If you’re looking for a park that has it all, you’ve found it. Sitting on 30-acres Lafayette Park has ponds, woods, two brick buildings, flowers at any time of year, a stone pathway, rod iron fences and gates, and beautiful historic homes that surround the premises. You won’t need to go anywhere else if you take your senior pictures at Lafayette Park, because you can easily spend two-hours here.

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The Best Part About Lafayette Park

Lafayette Park is fenced off with a beautiful rod iron fence that periodically has large gates. These are perfect to lean on, stand next to, or even sit by. You’ll even be able to get some of the surrounding historic buildings as your background.

The park even has a historic building right on the grounds that’s made of brick with a small garden growing outside that’s filled with flowers and large leaves. The doorway on this building is perfect to stand in, or even take a seat on the steps in front of it for a different perspective. There’s even a brick building with arched windows that stands in the middle of the park. This is perfect for leaning against, writing your graduating year in chalk on one of the bricks and pointing at it, standing in front of, or even sitting on the large steps.

In between the two buildings are two ponds. One pond has a fence around it that’s perfect for leaning back against, or you can go around to the other side and sit on the steps or directly next to the pond. The other pond has lots of shrubbery growing around it, a pathway, and even benches. This gives you a lot of photographic opportunities. There’s even a bridge that goes over the lake that you can stand under.

Go on top of the bridge and you can stand in the middle of it, or you can even sit or lean against the side of it. Lean back on it and you’ll be able to get lots of trees as your background.

Nearby the bridge is a gazebo that’s surrounded by plants. You can lean against the poles on the gazebo, or head down to the side of it where all the plants are for a lovely background.

The park also has plenty of open spaces to get just trees and grass in the background, or you can walk down one of the many paths that go around the park for some fun and different portraits. There’s even a stone pathway that’s surrounded by trees, flowers, and even tall grasses that are perfect to sit in. The stone pathway is great to stand or sit on, and even has stone steps that are perfect to sit on as well. There’s even a bench down the path that is surrounded by greenery, making it a perfect spot for senior pictures.

What to Expect Each Season

Spring

Spring is the best time to head down by the stone pathway. This is the area that grows the most flowers, making it the best spot for portraits with flowers in the background. The trees and grass will also be regaining color, and the weather will be warming up slightly, but not too much that you feel too hot.

Summer

Even though it’s hotter in the summer, Lafayette Park is a very shaded park with all the trees. You’ll still feel warm, but you won’t have the hot sun beating directly on you in majority of the park. Summer also means all of the trees and grass have fully regained their color, and summer flowers are now blooming in the park.

Fall

With trees galore, you'll easily find fall colors here. This also means you’ll find a lot of leaves scattered across the grass and pathways. You can even grab a bunch of them and throw them in the air.

Winter

Lafayette Park is a great place to take senior pictures when it snows. You’ll feel like you’re in a winter wonderland as you traverse through the open spaces of the park. The brick buildings and bridge also make for beautiful, snowy portrait locations.

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Pricing and Accommodations

Lafayette Park is somewhat busy and absolutely free. It’s open 7 days a week to the public. There are occasionally weddings that take place. The restrooms are located in a brick building in the center of the park, across from the pond with the water fountain.