New Haven Green
Has Been Designated A
National
Historic Landmark
This Site Possesses National Significance
Commemorating the History of the
United States of America
1971
National Park Service
United States Department of the . . . — — Map (db m35172) HM
[ battle names inscribed on the marble base ]
Chemin-Des Dames Aisne Seichpry St-Mihiel Chateau-Thierry Verdun Meuse-Argonne Marne
[ plaque 1 ]
In Grateful Memory
of
Her Heroic Sons
Who Fell in The Service of . . . — — Map (db m35532) HM
Built in 2002, State Street is the latest in a series of railroad stations serving downtown New Haven. The first leg of the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line, completed in 1838, did not require a separate station because the tracks terminated . . . — — Map (db m227299) HM
The fountain around the Memorial Flagpole commemorates 150 years of service by the New Haven Water Company founded by Eli Whitney. The first water was brought to the Green from Lake Whitney on January 1, 1862 in order to provide fresh water for . . . — — Map (db m35174) HM
Noah Lane Farnham
Col.
Of the II, New York Vol's
Oldest Son of Geo. W. & Caroline Thompson
Farnham
Born in New Haven June 6, 1829.
Died at Washington City
Aug. 14, 1861.
Of Wounds Received While
Gallanty Leading His
Regiment, in . . . — — Map (db m49706) HM
Here stood the house of
Noah Webster
Class of 1778
Author of The American
Spelling Book and of An American
Dictionary of the English Language — — Map (db m34888) HM
Othniel Charles Marsh
Born at Lockport, N.Y. October 29, 1831. Died at New Haven, March 18, 1899
Professor of Paleontology in Yale University 1866 – 1899
President of the National Academy of Sciences 1883 – 1895
Eminent as . . . — — Map (db m50917) HM
Pelatiah Perit
Died in New Haven
March 8, 1864,
Aged 78 Years.
He was born in Norwich, Conn. and educated at Yale College. For more than fifty years a merchant in New York, in which city he was for ten years president of the Chanber of . . . — — Map (db m50916) HM
Pierpont Edwards
Son of the Rev. Jonathan & Sarah Pierpont Edwards
Master of Hiram Lodge #1, 1777-78
First Grand Master of Masons in Connecticut, July 8, 1789
Member of the Continental Congress
Lawyer – Legislator – Soldier . . . — — Map (db m52018) HM
Chosen For Settlement A.D. 1637.
Named New Haven
A.D. 1640.
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them.
O God of Hosts look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine.
A.D. 1638 A company of English . . . — — Map (db m34815) HM
Renovation of the New Haven Green
1986 1990
Laid out in the 1638 plan for the New Haven Colony, this 16-acre green is the physical and symbolic heart of the city and has borne witness to its most important historic events. In 1983, the New . . . — — Map (db m35425) HM
Here in 1639 stood the barn
of
Robert Newman
where the members of the
Colony of New Haven met for
worship and for the purpose
of organizing a government — — Map (db m38553) HM
In Memory Of
The Hon. Roger Sherman, Esqr.
Mayor of the City of New Haven
and Senator of the United States.
He was born at Newtown in Massachusetts
April 19th 1721
and died at New Haven July 23d AD 1793
aged LXXII.
Possessed of a . . . — — Map (db m51864) HM
Roger Sherman Baldwin
Born Jan 4, 1793
Died Feb. 19, 1863
Graduated at Yale College
in 1811
Admitted to the Bar
in this city in 1814
Senator of the State
in 1837 & 1838
Representative
in the General Assembly
in 1840 & 1841 . . . — — Map (db m52022) HM
Upon the Site of this Building
Stood the Home of
Roger Sherman
And Near Here in 1793 he Died
Jurist-Patriot-Statesman
Signer of the Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
and the
Constitution of the . . . — — Map (db m34892) HM
Ross Granville Harrison
Teacher – Scientist – Administrator
Professor of Zoology at
Yale University 1907 – 38
He was the discoverer of
the tissue-culture method
of studying the develop
mentof living organisms.
[ . . . — — Map (db m52020) HM
'Prince E. Gray, one of the best known men on the New Haven, has made waiting an art. [Gray] has put his son and daughter through college.
Portrait of Prince E. Gray, Along the Line, railroad employee . . . — — Map (db m227298) HM
Simeon Baldwin
Was Born at Norwich
Dec. 14. 1761
And Died May 26. 1851.
He was graduated at Yale College in 1781. Was a tutor in that institution from 1783 to 1786 when he entered on his profession as a lawyer. He was a representative from . . . — — Map (db m52015) HM
Simeon E. Baldwin
February 5, 1840
January 30, 1927
Inheriting high traditions of public service, he loved and served Connecticut as Justice and Chief Justice of its Supreme Court of Errors for seventeen years and as Governor for four years. He . . . — — Map (db m51861) HM
In Memoriam
Stephen Goodyear
First Deputy Governor
of the
Colony of New Haven
and one of the
Earliest Members of this Church
Died in London 1658
Erected by his descendent Wm. B. Goodyear — — Map (db m34819) HM
In July of 1865 Pierre L'allement left his native France for America with the makings of a primitive iron bicycle in tow. That fall the 22-year-old mechanic settled in Ansonia about 12 miles west of here. The following April he rode his . . . — — Map (db m227297) HM
In Memory Of
Theodore Dwight Woolsey
Tenth President of Yale College
[ south side ]
Born in New York
October 31, 1801
Professor of Greek
In Yale College
1831 -1851
President 1846 – 1871
Died in New Haven
July 1, . . . — — Map (db m52021) HM
Walter Camp
"The Father of American Football"
Walter Camp. Outstanding Yale athlete and coach became the single most important figure in the development of American Football. Recognized as the primary authority on football rules in his lifetime. . . . — — Map (db m49710) HM
This 16.5-acre outdoor space is the central square of the nine squares originally designed in 1638 by the settlers of the New Haven Colony as a common space for cultural, civic, religious and educational purposes and gatherings. It is one of the . . . — — Map (db m227293) HM
This 16.5-acre outdoor space is the central square of the nine squares originally designed in 1638 by the settlers of the New Haven Colony as a common space for cultural, civic, religious and educational purposes and gatherings. It is one of the . . . — — Map (db m227295) HM
This 16.5-acre outdoor space is the central square of the nine squares originally designed in 1638 by the settlers of the New Haven Colony as a common space for cultural, civic, religious and educational purposes and gatherings. It is one of the . . . — — Map (db m227296) HM
This 16.5-acre outdoor space is the central square of the nine squares originally designed in 1638 by the settlers of the New Haven Colony as a common space for cultural, civic, religious and educational purposes and gatherings. It is one of the . . . — — Map (db m227301) HM
This 16.5-acre outdoor space is the central square of the nine squares originally designed in 1638 by the settlers of the New Haven Colony as a common space for cultural, civic, religious and educational purposes and gatherings. It is one of the . . . — — Map (db m227302) HM
[ inscription on the west face of the base ]
Gettysburg Port Hudson Fort Fisher 1861-1865
[ inscription on the east face of the base ]
Bunker Hill Bennington Saratoga 1775-1783
[ inscription on the south . . . — — Map (db m34723) WM
Black Rock Fort
Here on July 5, 1779, eighteen men under Lieutenant Daniel Bishop stood in defense of New Haven against a British fleet commanded by Commodore Sir George Collier and land forces commanded by Major General William Tryon. When . . . — — Map (db m35730) HM
East Shore Park
New Haven, Connecticut
This 90 acre tract was once part of the land the Townsend family purchased in 1798 from the Quinnipiac Indian Tribe. The Townsends harvested salt hay from the tidal marsh, selling it for packing material to . . . — — Map (db m35725) HM
The Effect of Human Actives on Long Island Sound
Humans have inhabited the shores of Long Island Sound for thousands of years. Before European settlement, many Native American tribes lived along the Sound. Now more than 20 million people . . . — — Map (db m107344) HM
In Honor Of
Captain Nathan Hale
1755 – 1776
Patriot – Soldier – Martyr
I Only Regret That I Have But
One Life To Lose For My Country — — Map (db m35727) HM
In Memory Of
George Pardee
1630 – 1700
Farmer, Ferryman and Teacher
Of Latin and Good Manners
Who First Owned This Land
and of
William Bradley Pardee
1821 – 1893
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this tablet is placed under the will of . . . — — Map (db m35550) HM
This Memorial
Commemorates
The Determined Resistance
Near This Spot
Of The Patriots of New Haven
Against The British Invasion
Under Maj. Gen. Tryon of New York
July 5, 1779 — — Map (db m35734) HM
Roll of Honor
1941 1945
In Memory of Our Comrades
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
In World War II
Michael J. Canavan John E. Cox William H. Elliot Harry I. Fowles Raymond D. Flynn Frank J. Fisco Stephen Karako Anthony . . . — — Map (db m35539) HM
The Long Island Sound, including New Haven Harbor, is an estuary — a place where fresh and salt water meet. Estuaries provide many animals with a protected home to lay eggs and serve as a nursery for the young, a place to find food, and a . . . — — Map (db m107346) HM
Erected By
The Society of The Cincinnati
In the State of Connecticut
In Memory Of
Captain Judah Alden Captain Samuel Allyn Captain Simeon Allyn Ensign Daniel Avery Lieutenant Eienezer Avery Captain Elijah Avery Captain Esisa Avery . . . — — Map (db m35729) HM
The butterfly garden was planted to attract butterflies and birds to the park, and to provide these animals with a reliable source of food. Spend some time here when the flowers are in bloom and see who stops by for a visit.
Monarch Migration . . . — — Map (db m107343) HM
The Oyster Industry in New Haven
History
1638 First settlers arrive in New Haven and are introduced to oysters by local Indians. Oysters were so plentiful people could pick them up by hand. The oyster beds stretched from the upper . . . — — Map (db m35728) HM
A Birdwatchers Dream
Youre standing at one of the best hawk-watching sites in New England. Every autumn birds of prey from Northern New England and Canada migrate south in a broad band across New England. Because theses birds dont like . . . — — Map (db m107347) HM
This memorial is erected in honor of Cornelius Scranton Bushnell a citizen of New Haven to whose faith persistence and patriotism the country is indebted for the construction of the Monitor from plans by John Ericsson The Monitor . . . — — Map (db m32940) HM
We Remember
The Six Million Jews Who Were
Murdered by the Nazis
During World War II – 1939 – 1945 (5699 – 5705)
Dedicated by The City of New Haven
The New Haven Jewish Federation
[ camp names inscribed on stones . . . — — Map (db m29050) HM
In Recogition Of Their Service In The War Against Terrorism
1st Battalion 102d Infantry
Serving the New Haven area since 1638
These gave their lives defending our freedom
May God bless them
Sgt Felix Delgreco, 9 April 2004
Spc Robert . . . — — Map (db m93215) WM
Dedicated to All Men and Women Wounded in All Our Wars
Combat Wounded Veterans
Military Order of the Purple Heart
1782 1932
My stone is red for the blood they shed.
The medal I bear is my countrys way to show they care.
If I could be . . . — — Map (db m93211) WM
In Honor Of Those Who Served
During The Korean War From
The Greater New Haven Area
25 June 1950 27 July 1953
Forgotten War
Forgotten No More
Freedom Is Not Free — — Map (db m93214) WM
1959 1975
This memorial is dedicated in honor of the men and women who served during the Vietnam War
From the surrounding cities and towns: New Haven, East Haven, West Haven, North Haven, Handen, Orange, Woodbridge — — Map (db m93213) WM
MIA – POW
Robert E Bush John T Gallagher Francis J McGouldrick
KIA
Everett L Anderson William M Meglio Jr Henry L Whaley John H Raber Pierce I Robertson Gary C Richards Archie L Guthrie Calvin Belton Kenneth Cushen . . . — — Map (db m93209) WM
In Honored Memory Of The Servicemen From St. Stanislaus
Parish Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In
World War II
Charles F. Awrajcewicz August 31 1943 England Anthony S. Bednarczyk May 29 1944 Italy Joseph W. Cerlanek June 22 1944 Burma . . . — — Map (db m34733) WM
In Honor And Memory Of
Those Who Served In The
World War
From the 32-nd. Ward
1914 – 1918
The Following Paid The
Supreme Sacrifice.
Charles E. Leigh. Arthur R. Newell. Matthew W. Sullivan. Paul G. Oberle. Christian . . . — — Map (db m35534) HM
A Quinnipiac Indian
family walks to the
harbor to meet the English
newcomers – April 24, 1638
as their way of life
changes forever
Montowese Sawseunek Momaugin Sugcogisin Quesaquaush Carroughood Weesaucuck . . . — — Map (db m35535) HM
On this spot a signal beacon
was established in 1775
and about this hill
American patriots
bravely resisted a large force
of invading British troops
July 5, 1779
To honor the deeds of the Fathers
Rising above the location of this sign . . . — — Map (db m35735) HM
Fort Wooster Park
Sacred grounds of the Quinnipiac Indians and one of the earliest reservations in the New World Battle site of the American patriots against the British forces during the invasion of New Haven on July 5, 1779 Location of a . . . — — Map (db m35538) HM
Here July 5, 1779 citizens of New Haven with cannon prevented an invading British Army from crossing West River and thereby saved the town from destruction — — Map (db m17289) HM
Erected A.D. 1870 by the state of Connecticut to commemorate the services and perpetuate the memory of the two hundred and four Union soldiers who died in the Knight Hospital in New Haven in the years 1862, 3, 4 & 5 and were buried in these grounds. — — Map (db m17600) HM
Erected by the state of Connecticut in loving and grateful memory of her sons who offered their lives that the Union should not perish 1861-1865 — — Map (db m17599) HM
Corporal
Timothy Francis Ahearn
D-S-C
Company C 102 Us Infantry
Twenty Sixth Division
1898 – 1925
He Best Exemplified The
Spirit Of The Enlisted Men
Of The Yankee Division
[ north side ]
Near Verdun, France on . . . — — Map (db m35724) HM
Judges Cave
Here May Fifteenth 1661 and for some weeks thereafter Edward Whalley and his son-in-law William Goffe, members of the Parliament General, officers in the army of the Commonwealth and signers of the death warrant of King Charles First, . . . — — Map (db m34719) HM
Soldiers Memorial
A.D. 1915
[ left plaque ]
Erected By The
Westville Soldiers' Memorial
Association
To Commemorate Those Who Enlisted
From This Place In The
War of 1861 – 1865
Wm. H. Alden Charles S. Alling Cosmo . . . — — Map (db m29051) HM
Erected
In Memory Of
Those From The 11th Ward
Who Sacrificed Their Lives
For Their Country
During World War II
1950
Acampora, Albert Aldieri, Sisto Amorone, Benny Arminio, John Celio, Victor Celone, Samuel Corato, Peter . . . — — Map (db m35310) WM
Memorial Playground
Dedicated
October 2, 1955
This tablet is placed here
in memory of these men who gave
their lives for God and Country
In World War II
Benny Amarone Michael Accurso Andrew Carrano Calvin Dortch Biagio Dell . . . — — Map (db m35309) WM
This region was opened for settlement in the 1690's as the Third Division of the Town of Branford, originally called by the Indian name Totoket. The North or Second Ecclesiastical Society (1725) and the Third Society (1745), later named . . . — — Map (db m35313) HM
1865
Our
Soldiers
[ east side ]
John S. Robinson
Co. F 27. C.V. Died at Baltimore M.D.
June 18, 1863 Ae. 27.
Dayton R. Scranton
Co. F 12. C.V. Died in L.A. Dec. 18, 1863 Ae. 28
[ north side ]
Walter A. Stone
Co. F . . . — — Map (db m35651) HM
1917 1918
Dedicated To The Men Who Served
Their Country In The World War
Aronson, Gustavus Berti, Joseph Cannon, Legrand Carey, Henry F. Dudley, Carlton L. Fuller, Frank Harrison, Lloyd D. Lieut. Loeber, Frederick G. . . . — — Map (db m35650) HM
North Branford 1st District
Men and Women Who Served In
World War II 1941 – 1945
Olaf Aho Merwin Apelle Willard Apelle Charles Aronson Gustave Aronson William J. Aronson Alfred Bahnsen Jr. Raymond Bahnsen Allen M. Bernard . . . — — Map (db m35649) HM
North Haven
A part of Indian land bought in 1638 for New Haven, North Haven was incorporated in 1786. The center area was settled in 1670 by the Humiston, Thorpe, and Blakeslee families. A separate parish or church society was formed in 1716. The . . . — — Map (db m28704) HM
1670 1970
Dedicated By
The Citizens Of North Haven
To Commemorate The
300th Anniversary of Settlement
First Selectman
Richard J. Parrett
Selectmen
Joseph Kaszena
Vincent Labonia
Tercentenary Chairman
Pasquale Dinello . . . — — Map (db m28743) HM
[ west side ]
1861 – 1865
Erected
By The Town Of
North Haven
As A Tribute To The
Valor Of Her Sons
Who On Land And Sea
Fought In The
Civil War
To Preserve The
Union
[ east side ]
1861 – 1865 . . . — — Map (db m28740) HM
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
Mexican War
Civil War
Indian Wars
Spanish – American War
World War I
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
Gulf War
To honor those citizens of the
Town of North Haven
who have served their community . . . — — Map (db m28706) HM
[ center plaque ]
World War II
1941 – 1945
This memorial has been erected by the
Town of North Haven to honor its sons and
daughters who served our country in its time of need.
They sought not personal glory, but
the . . . — — Map (db m28991) HM
Erected In 1920 By The Society Of Northford
In Honor Of Her Sons
Who Answered Their Country's Call
1776 Revolutionary War 1783
Ambrose Baldwin John Baldwin Phineas Baldwin Samuel Bartholomew Dan Bartholomew Jacob Bunnell Nathaniel . . . — — Map (db m35654) HM
This rural community was originally a northern part of Wepawaug, purchased from the Paugussett Indians in 1639 by the Reverend Peter Prudden's Milford Colony, which became part of New Haven Colony in 1643.
The area was settled shortly after . . . — — Map (db m27721) HM
Amerigion Legion Post 127
In Memory Of
The Veterans Of
The War of Independence
War of 1812
Civil War
Spanish American War
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War — — Map (db m27723) WM
Our Hero Dead World War II
Sgt. David S. Miles Pvt. Albert Vaivoda Capt. Kenyon S Congdon 1st Lieut. Cornella A. Wyckoff, M.D. P.F.C. Edwin H. Cassidy P.F.C. S. Robert ODonovan Pvt. Alvin H. Treat S/Sgt. Louis F. Smith P.F.C. . . . — — Map (db m19477) HM
Originally part of Derby, Oxford was settled by people pushing inland from Derby, Stratford, and New Haven. Land was acquired in five purchases from the Paugussett and Pootatuck Indians. The first grant of settlement appears in Derby records of . . . — — Map (db m19478) HM
Erected in Honor of
Those from Oxford
Who Served Their Country
In the World War
1917 – 1919
Albert E. Arnold · Maurice C. Barry · Carl Benson · Frank W. Carlson · Ole S. Christensen · Albert G. Dahinden · Ralph E. Davis · Thomas F. . . . — — Map (db m137349) WM
Marker Front:
On the boundary where Waterbury and Cheshire met, homes were built as early as 1712. Schools were opened and, in 1778, a separatist church. The Congregational Church, “Columbia Parish,” was established in 1797 by . . . — — Map (db m22516) HM
[ West plaque ]
Prospect 1906 To the Loyal Sons Of Prospect Who Served in the Wars Of Our Country “The noblest motive Is the public good.”
[ South plaque ]
Our World War Veterans Beers, Harry J. Berglund, Reuben . . . — — Map (db m22519) HM
This Military Display is Dedicated to the Memory of Fellow Veteran, W.O. Michael Aaron Kight Who Lost His Life In Vietnam on May 19, 1967 — — Map (db m22458) HM
High hills and deep valley – broad river and rocky falls.
In 1650 “Nawcatock”, an Indian village. Today the river bears the name.
In 1678, “Amaugsuck”, the fishing place where the waters pour down.
From 1738, . . . — — Map (db m19991) HM
1950 1955 Korean War
Alberti, Joseph M. *Aldo, Joseph A. Anderson, Edmund C. Andrews, Louis M., Jr. Annillo, Frederick C. Aquilla, Salvatore M. Ashton, Charles J. Bacha, Donald A. Bacha, George, Jr. Bailey, Howard E., Jr. . . . — — Map (db m27418) WM
1964 1975 Vietnam War
Albiondi, William F., Jr. Abromaitis, Stanley C., Jr. Ainsworth, Robert C. Ajello, Donald J. Albro, David R. Allen, Noble E., Jr. Ambrose, Anthony J. Anderson, Glenwood D, Anderson, Michael L. Anglace, . . . — — Map (db m27417) HM
1917 – 1918 1941 – 1945
In Honor Of
The Men and Women of Seymour
Who Served in the Armed Forces of Our Country
World War I
[ The World War I tablet lists 327 names. The names listed below have a star indicating they did not . . . — — Map (db m27655) HM
The Naugatuck River abounded with runs of migratory (diadromous) fish prior to the arrival of European colonists. These fish runs had been an important food source for Native Peoples for centuries and this exact spot — at the foot of a gorge . . . — — Map (db m101374) HM
