Downtown in New Haven in South Central Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Blount Avenue

Photographed by Conrad Ward, January 1, 2025

1. Blount Avenue Marker

Inscription.
This is Blount Avenue and was so named by the Corporation of Yale University after Archibald Henry Blount of Hereford England in recognition of a generous bequest MCMXV

Erected 1915.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Roads & Vehicles.

Location. 41° 18.626′ N, 72° 55.661′ W. Marker is in New Haven in South Central Region, Connecticut. It is in Downtown. It is on Elm Street, on the left when traveling east. Located on the campus of Yale University. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Haven CT 06511, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Connecticut River Valley

and on the Connecticut Shoreline.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Theodore Westwood Miller Memorial Gate (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Welcome to the New Haven Green (about 500 feet away); In Memory of Augustus Canfield Ledyard (about 500 feet away); In Memory of the Men of Yale (about 500 feet away); Abrahamus Pierson (about 600 feet away); Grove Street Cemetery Veterans Memorial (about 800 feet away); Grove Street Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dei Gratia (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Haven.

Photographed by Conrad Ward, January 1, 2025

2. Blount Avenue Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 78 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 26, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.