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Lafayette Park, Detroit — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Lafayette Park is a district of Detroit on the near east side, a planned residential quarter set apart from the towers of the wider city.
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Where to stay in Lafayette Park
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Lafayette Park is a residential district, not a hotel quarter. Hotels are few among Lafayette Park's townhouses and apartment blocks. Its low apartment blocks and townhouses sit apart from the commercial streets, so most visitors book a room in downtown Detroit and walk or drive the short way east to reach the district and its green common.
Little Caesars Arena and the theatre blocks lie a short trip west. Stay downtown for the ballgames and the bars.
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Things to do in and around Detroit
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Churches & Religious Sites
8- St. Joseph Shrine, Detroit Heritage
- St. John's Episcopal Church Heritage
- Historic Trinity Lutheran Church Heritage
- St. Josaphat's Roman Catholic Church Heritage
- Saints Peter and Paul Church Heritage
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- Christ Church Detroit Heritage
- Fort Street Presbyterian Church Heritage
- First Unitarian Church of Detroit Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
1- Statue of Alexander Macomb
Stadiums & Sports
1- Little Caesars Arena
Landmarks & Notable Places
8- Charles Trowbridge House Heritage
- Elisha Taylor House Heritage
- Beaubien House Heritage
- Joseph Campau House Heritage
- Hudson-Evans House Heritage
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- Moross House Heritage
- Alexander Chene House Heritage
- Alexander Chapoton House Heritage
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About Lafayette Park
What are the main landmarks in Lafayette Park?
The landmarks that frame Lafayette Park belong to Detroit's older near east side. Mariners' Church stands nearest, a stone chapel by the river. Just beyond it rise the parish towers of St. Joseph Shrine, Detroit and Historic Trinity Lutheran Church, both serving congregations that predate the modern district.
The Statue of Alexander Macomb marks a downtown crossing to the west, while the Beaubien House keeps a fragment of the city's early street life close at hand.
What is the history of Lafayette Park?
Lafayette Park grew from the cleared ground of Detroit's near east side. Older Detroit surrounds it. Mariners' Church and St. Joseph Shrine, Detroit had already served the riverfront quarter for generations when the district's new blocks and townhouses were laid out across the open superblock.
The church spires stayed. Around them the planned streets took shape, a quiet counterpoint to the dense parish city that the Statue of Alexander Macomb still commemorates a few blocks west.
Where is Lafayette Park?
Lafayette Park lies on Detroit's near east side, an open superblock of townhouses and green common set between downtown Detroit and the river.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Lafayette Park?
downtown Detroit: arena nights and riverfront walks.
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Updated October 2026