Whitneyville in Hamden in South Central Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

The Painting

Photographed by Conrad Ward, August 11, 2024

1. The Painting Marker

Inscription.
In 1826, William Giles Munson sketched the Whitney Armory...a year after Whitney had died. Munson produced at least three paintings of the site over the next two decades. Munson contributes to Whitney's reputation. At least three forces helped make the painting an icon of the American Industrial Revolution:

1. It shows Industry that is still rural and in comfortable harmony with nature. By 1840, coal and steam engines tint the landscape of work.

2. Whitney had attended Yale. Yale produces writers who might be inclined to credit their brethren generously.

3. The painting captures an essential power of the site that is too infrequently recognized. The site had a constructive social influence.

14 year olds resided on the top fear of the attic.
17 year olds moved to the Single Men's Binding House.
21 year olds married and moved to the Armory Street housing.

Whitney believed that the health and growth of his workers was essential to the health and growth of his enterprise. Whitneyville was a campus for practical learning. It still is.

Our copy of William Giles Munson's Whitneyville is from the Yale University
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Art Gallery's Mabel Brady Garvin collection. .

Erected by Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1826.

Location. 41° 20.166′ N, 72° 54.634′ W. Marker is in Hamden in South Central Region, Connecticut. It is in Whitneyville. It can be reached from Whitney Avenue east of Armory Street, on the right when traveling north. Located at the Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 915 Whitney Avenue, Hamden CT 06517, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Connecticut River Valley,

on the Connecticut Shoreline,

and in Greater New Haven.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Haven County

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker:

Photographed by Conrad Ward, May 11, 2024

2. The Painting Marker

The Town Bridge (a few steps from this marker); A. Frederick Oberlin Bridge (a few steps from this marker); Transition (a few steps from this marker); The Mill River (within shouting distance of this marker); Eli Whitney Armory (within shouting distance of this marker); The Second Armory (within shouting distance of this marker); The Forge & Its Waterworks (within shouting distance of this marker); The Dam (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hamden.

Also see . . .
1. Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop. (Submitted on July 28, 2024, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut.)
2. Eli Whitney (Wikipedia). (Submitted on July 28, 2024, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
3. Eli Whitney Museum (Wikipedia). (Submitted on July 28, 2024, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Photographed by Conrad Ward, May 11, 2024

3. The Painting Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2024, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 184 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 22, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. 2, 3. submitted on July 25, 2024, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.