page_title: Jackson Place
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Jackson Place / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Jackson Place in Lafayette Square
context_page_description: Jackson Place is a Washington, D.C. street located across from the White House and forming the western border of Lafayette Square between Pennsylvania Avenue and H Street, NW, beginning just south of Connecticut Avenue.
context_section_description: The block is situated on land once owned by the Decatur family, until 1869 when they sold it to Lorenzo Sherwood, who in turn sold the land to John Knower. In 1957, the Federal government acquired the townhouses on Jackson Place. The government had plans to demolish the buildings to make way for construction of a new Federal office building on the land.  In 1962, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy intervened and the project was canceled.
caption: Jackson Place in Lafayette Square
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