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2397268 [ 2] Website. www.westlafayette.in.gov. West Lafayette ( / ˌlɑːfiˈɛt, ˌlæf -/ LA (H)F-ee-ET) is a city in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, [ 2] approximately 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the state capital of Indianapolis and 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette is directly across the Wabash River ...
Slayter Center of Performing Arts - June 2006. The Slayter Center of Performing Arts is located on the main campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. It is an outdoor concert bandshell completed in 1964 and dedicated May 1, 1965. The facility was a gift from Games Slayter and his wife Marie.
The Elliott Hall of Music is a theater located on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. [ 1][ 2] With a seating capacity of 6,005, it is one of the largest proscenium theaters in the world, and is 45 seats larger than Radio City Music Hall. [ 3] The facility is named after Edward C. Elliott (1874–1960), who served as ...
Tippecanoe County, Indiana. / 40.39°N 86.89°W / 40.39; -86.89. Tippecanoe County is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Indiana about 22 miles east of the Illinois state line and less than 50 miles from the Chicago and the Indianapolis metro areas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,251. [1]
The academy is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. with the academic day from 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Prices range from $175 to $250 a week, depending on age and extended hours. Private tours of the Fox Den ...
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. [8] The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture; [9] the first classes were held on September 16, 1874.
William Henry Harrison High School. / 40.49861°N 86.91472°W / 40.49861; -86.91472. William Henry Harrison High School (HHS) is a four-year public high school in Tippecanoe County, Indiana near West Lafayette. The school is part of the Tippecanoe School Corporation .
Indiana was one of the first places where jazz music became popular outside of New Orleans and Chicago. In the late 1910s and through the 1920s the state had numerous bands of young musicians playing the new style for dancing. Richmond, Indiana was home to Gennett Records, known for recording a wealth of jazz, blues, and country music in the 1920s.