See attached blog for more on the Kaiserhof/Atlantic Hotel.
http://wwwjbwordsmith.blogspot.com/search/label/Down%20They%20Forgot%20as%20Up%20They%20Grew

The Kaiserhof was changed to the Atlantic Hotel during WWI  This photo was taken on Febuary 9th 1911, almost six moths after Grandpa had stayed there.

These are post cards of the Kaiserhof hotel-Restaurant where Grandpa Lafayette stayed  on the 10th of September 1911 while on his way to his mission in "the old country". This year marks one hundred years from the time he served as a missionary in the European Mission.  He received his call on the 15th of August 1911.

http://www.patsabin.com/illinois/kaiserhoff.jpg

Why 295 Edge Ln. is no longer there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/liverpool/hi/front_page/newsid_8742000/8742077.stm

Google view of 295 Edge Ln. Liverpool England about where the European Mission was located.

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The Herald Square Hotel

I have not been able to get any historic photos of the Old Herald Square Hotel where Grandpa Lafayette stayed before heading to Montreal and then across to England.  I contacted staff from the the Herald Square and was told that the Herald Square that Grandpa stayed in is no longer in existence. I'm hoping that maybe Paige can dig up some more inf. and maybe photos on the original Herald Square Hotel while she is there.  Maybe the New York Public Library might have something along those lines.

Lafayette was called to serve as a missionary to the European Mission by Joseph F. Smith on August 11th, 1911.  The president of the Mission was, Rudger Clawson of the quorum of the Twelve Apostles. 

Lafayette served until his release on September 22, 1913 by E. Taft Benson, acting President of the European Mission located on 295 Edge Lane, Liverpool England.

New York Times March of 1904

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E01E3D9103BE631A25757C1A9659C946597D6CF

select and right click on the above URL to view this artical about Missionaries in New York. Grandpa Lafayette's honorable release papers were signed in New York on the 23rd of November 1904 8 months after this article was written.

Did he serve in the Middle or Eastern States mission?

Highlight  the attached URL then right click and google this history of the West Virginia Mission for answers.

http://www.mission.net/west-virginia/charleston/page.php?pg_id=2505

Lafayette & Jane