Details for Site of Lafayette
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5277008203
Data
| Marker Number | 8203 |
| Atlas Number | 5277008203 |
| Marker Title | Site of Lafayette |
| Index Entry | Lafayette, Site of |
| Address | Yoder Road |
| City | Paris |
| County | Lamar |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 260479 |
| UTM Northing | 3730299 |
| Subject Codes | cities and towns |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | At the end of Yoder Road, north from FM 79 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Texas Centennial historical marker |
| Marker Text | Site of Lafayette -- First county seat of Lamar County - A clapboard courthouse was built by John Lovejoy on 40 acres donated by John Watson - Here court was held June, 1841, to June, 1843 - John A. Rutherford, chief justice; John R. Craddock, county clerk -- Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |