Built as a warehouse and ships chandlery for the whaling firm of Perkins & Smith. In 1889, became the Winthrop Hotel to recognize the city’s founder, John Winthrop Jr.
Historic Waterfront District Heritage Trail
New London Main Street 2006 . . . — — Map (db m48636) HM
Built in the neoclassical style for Joseph Lawrence, head of a prominent New London whaling family, as a hall for lectures and exhibits. Historic Waterfront District Heritage Trail New London Main Street 2006 Funded by City Center District & City . . . — — Map (db m48637) HM
Figureheads in cornice reflect New London’s maritime tradition. Originally housed the New England Cigar and Tobacco Company. Historic Waterfront District Heritage Trail New London Main Street 2006 Funded by City Center District & City of New . . . — — Map (db m48633) HM
From this bustling port numerous ships set off around the world in search of whales. Marine mammals provided highly sought after oil which fueled the industrial revolution. New London whalemen specialized in hunting elephant seals which also . . . — — Map (db m48328) HM
By Henry Hobson Richardson, initiator of Romanesque revival in America and architect of Trinity Church in Boston and Harvard University’s Sever Hall. Historic Waterfront District Heritage Trail New London Main Street 2006 Funded by City Center . . . — — Map (db m48635) HM
By Dudley St. Clair Donnelly, a prominent New London architect who designed 150 State Street and a number of other buildings in the district. — — Map (db m227232) HM
The history of 66 Hempstead Street as a site of Black self-help, fellowship and celebration is more than a century long. In the late 19th century, it housed a Black church and social hall before reverting to its original use as a factory. In . . . — — Map (db m227211) HM
One of five houses built and sold at cost by abolitionist Savillion Haley to free Blacks in the 1840s, 73 Hempstead Street housed generations of New London's Black community leaders. It was first purchased by John Parkhurst, whose wife Lavinia . . . — — Map (db m227220) HM
Designed by George Warren Cole, who came to New London to supervise the building of the public library. He later opened his own firm in this building. — — Map (db m227233) HM
Built for Morris W. Bacon, manager of the Pequot & Ocean Transit Steamship Co. Bacon, as a member of the New York Yacht Club won the acclaimed cup. — — Map (db m227234) HM
Originally the A. Rudd Feed & Grain Co. The elevator, built to carry bulk feed, was well suited for the building’s next use — a furniture store, which thrived here for many years.
New London Main Street 2006
Funded by City Center . . . — — Map (db m217022) HM
Built in the Greek Revival style for the home of Franklin Smith, partner in the Perkins & Smith whaling firm.
New London Main Street 2006
Funded by City Center District & City of New London, Maritime Heritage Park Grant — — Map (db m217023) HM
Originally the site of L. Lewis Co., a crockery and glassware store. Local architect James Sweeney, designer of 243 and 181 State Street, had his office here. — — Map (db m227190) HM
Oldest building on State Street. Originally Timothy Green's print shop, which published one of the colony's earliest newspaper. — — Map (db m227191) HM
By Leopold Fidlitz, born in Prague and educated at Viennese Polytechnic for Jonathan Newton Harris who made his fortune in patent medicine. — — Map (db m227226) HM
Built in the Italianate style. Completely redesigned and enlarged in 1913 in the Beaux-arts style by local architect James Sweeney. — — Map (db m227225) HM
Built in the Italian Palazzo architectural style. Originally a private men's club. The marquee side entrance overlooked an elegant garden. — — Map (db m227197) HM
Academy Plaza
Academy Plaza is dedicated to that high sense of honor, respect and devotion to duty which is such an integral part of the United States Coast Guard Academy and which makes it so unique. The Academy is much more than an outstanding . . . — — Map (db m205854) HM
An Act of the First Congress, August 4, 1790 An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels. Be it . . . — — Map (db m205822) HM
Adam Jackson was born into slavery c. 1700 and separated from his mother three years later.
In 1727, Joshua Hempsted purchased Jackson for eighty-five pounds. Hempsted was nearing fifty; his sons were grown and starting families of their . . . — — Map (db m227203) HM
This scene features a replica 32-pound cannon that would have been employed here during the 1850s and 1860s. Thirty-two pound refers to the weight of the cannonballs used in this weapon. The soldiers are in the process of sponging the bore, . . . — — Map (db m48406) HM
We stood in youthful ranks near this spot sixty years ago, not knowing for whom the building behind us was named. After four intense years studying "Seamanship, Sciences and the Amenities" we mustered here again for our commencement portrait. We . . . — — Map (db m205503) HM
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in Massachusetts in April of 1775, more than a year before the thirteen colonies declared their independence. Connecticut needed fortifications to defend the colony from British attack, and in . . . — — Map (db m48280) HM
On June 28, 1839, the schooner Amistad set sail from Havana with fifty-three captive Africans: forty-nine adult males and four children, three of them girls. Four days later, in a life and death struggle for freedom, the Africans killed the . . . — — Map (db m216607) HM
In the summer of 1839, the Amistad, a Spanish coastal schooner with 39 kidnapped Africans aboard, was found in Long Island Sound and brought to New London. The captives, who had been sold into slavery in Cuba, had taken over the ship and . . . — — Map (db m48324) HM
This unusual structure was specifically designed to test submarine antennas in an environment that replicated conditions at sea. The roof contained a 93-by-66 foot concrete pool filled with seawater. The pool was six inches deep except for a well . . . — — Map (db m48380) HM
Athena Stands Watch
Bronze 2018
Renée Rhodes
Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom and protector of cities, is the watch-keeper for the Thames River port of New London. New London & the Sea Athena welcomes visitors to Nameaug, or "fishing . . . — — Map (db m217033) HM
English settlers were attracted to the Thames River because it offered a safe harbor and good anchorage with easy access to the sea. This quickly led to a thriving community based on coastal trade. New London colonial merchants became so . . . — — Map (db m48321) HM
This building housed army enlisted men serving in the artillery or infantry from the 1830s until Fort Trumbull was downgraded to a supply post, in 1907. Built of rough-cut granite, the original stone section dates from about 1830, the same year . . . — — Map (db m48300) HM
This sturdy granite building is the oldest surviving structure at Fort Trumbull State Park. At the urging of President George Washington, Congress authorized funds to fortify American seaports in 1794. A French engineer, Stephen Rochefontaine, . . . — — Map (db m48265) HM
In 1955, the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory (USN/USL, also known informally as the Sound Lab) here at Fort Trumbull began a study of the feasibility of long range, echo-ranging sonar. In 1956, "Bottom-bounce echo-ranging active sonar" was . . . — — Map (db m227247) HM
The William Coit house (92 Washington, corner of Coit Street) once stood on the waterfront. This was possible because Bream Cove, an arm of the harbor, reached this far inland. Coit (originally Cove) Street follows the natural contour of the . . . — — Map (db m227244) HM
The Chain
of which this is a part was stretched
from West Point N.Y. to Constitution
Island in 1778 to close the Hudson
River against the British fleet.
Made at the Sterling Iron Works
by
Peter Townsend
Presented to the Coast . . . — — Map (db m205137) HM
( shore side )
Over the past 150 years the configuration of the New London shore has continued to change in response to manmade and natural factors. The section of the shore most heavily developed is between Greens Harbor and the State . . . — — Map (db m216492) HM
Founded May 6, 1646 John Winthrop, the younger 6th Governor of Cennecticut Incorporated January 8, 1784 Act of the General Assembly meeting in New Haven “Meeting House Green”Public meetings were held at the Congregational Church near . . . — — Map (db m48200) HM
Ironically, the Third System forts, built to protect the U.S. coastline from foreign aggression, were never fired on by another country, but some were attacked by American rebel forces. The Civil War started in April of 1861 when Confederate cannon . . . — — Map (db m48313) HM
The Revenue Cutter Service, the federal bureau that enforced treaties and tariffs on the seas and inland waterways, established its officer training school at Fort Trumbull in 1910. Fort Trumbull offered easy access to Long Island Sound, which was . . . — — Map (db m48386) HM
The Observatory The sea and sky have long been connected. Mariners once had to rely completely on the stars to pilot their vessels. These techniques still serve as a backup to the advanced navigation technology aboard Coast Guard Cutters. Each year, . . . — — Map (db m205830) HM
United States Coast Guard Cutter
Alexander Hamilton
On 29 January 1942, after successfully rescuing the USS Yukon from an angry winter storm and towing her through the high seas and U-boat infested waters of the North Atlantic, the Alexander . . . — — Map (db m205246) WM
Although the harbor is protected from the Atlantic Ocean by the natural breakwaters of Long Island and Fishers Island, New London is still vulnerable to the potential destructive forces that can occur from tidal and riverine flooding, and . . . — — Map (db m217017) HM
World War II ended in 1945 with the surrender of Germany and Japan, but it was an uneasy peace that followed. Although the U.S.S.R. had been America’s ally during the war, after the war, the Soviet Union asserted control over eastern Europe, . . . — — Map (db m48405) HM
( Lower Plaque ) New London Columbus Statue Fund Committee Italian Americans donated this statue of Christopher Columbus to the city of New London on October 12, 1928. Italian American Civic Association — — Map (db m48648) HM
After Benedict Arnold, who had been a hero in the War for Independence, turned traitor, he led a British attack on his native state of Connecticut. On Sept. 6, 1781, he burned much of New London, including the courthouse. When it came time to . . . — — Map (db m268015) HM
On this site, September 30, 1858, Police Court Judge Augustus H. Brandegee and Customs Collector John Perkings Mather freed a stowaway slave known as “Joe” by applying Connecticut’s Personal Liberty Law against the federal Fugitive Slave Act. Judge . . . — — Map (db m66445) HM
Douglas Munro Hall
This hall was dedicated on 16 August 1963
To the Memory of Signalman First Class
Douglas Munro
Who died heroically for his Country
on the beaches of Guadalcanal
27 September 1942
and was awarded posthumously
the . . . — — Map (db m205861) HM WM
Eastern oysters are bivalve mollusks; they have two shells hinged together protecting a soft body. The outer part of the shell is white and crusty. The inner part is . . . — — Map (db m229635) HM
This statue was donated to the people of New London on October 16, 1988 to commemorate the centennial of Eugene O'Neill's birth. The idea for the statue was inspired by the above photograph showing O'Neill as a boy on the New London Waterfront in . . . — — Map (db m227227) HM
On this site, August 29. 1839, federal investigative inquiry indicted 38 enslaved Mende Africans accused of revolt on the high seas and murder of the Captain and cook of the Spanish slave ship Amistad which was captured and brought into New . . . — — Map (db m66444) HM
The fort you are now in has had continuous military occupation since its erection in 1852. the latest occupant, the United States Navy, used the facilities from 1941 and 1997. When the fort was turned over to the Connecticut Department of . . . — — Map (db m48358) HM
This five-sided fort was built between 1839 and 1852 to protect New London Harbor as part of a broad system of coastal fortification undertaken by the federal government. This is the third Fort Trumbull built on this promontory, which was known as . . . — — Map (db m48253) HM
Place of Defense Overlooking the mouth of the Thames River, Fort Trumbull marks the southern end of a series of defense-related sites. These include the Naval Submarine Base New London, Fort Griswold, the U.S. Coast Guard Base New London, the . . . — — Map (db m217137) HM
George Washington, Prefident of the United States of America To all who shall see these presents, greeting.
Know Ye, That repofing fpecial Trust and Confidence in the Integrity, Diligence and good Conduct of Hopley Yeaton of New . . . — — Map (db m205250) HM
This has been a racially mixed neighborhood since at least 1850. In part this is due to the efforts of a passionate white abolitionist, Avillion Haley (1805-1866). In 1842 Haley purchased a tract of land occupying about half the block between . . . — — Map (db m227221) HM
Free African Americans have lived and worked in this neighborhood since colonial times. In the 1840s both blacks and whites bought home (some still standing) through the efforts of abolitionist and developer, Savillion Haley. Travelers on the . . . — — Map (db m48364) HM
Ten generations of Hempsteds lived on this property, beginning with Robert, one of the first English settlers of what became New London. Robert's son, Joshua, built the western half of the frame house in 1678. Joshua's grandson, Nathaniel, . . . — — Map (db m227199) HM
Honor
“I…would willingly risk my life, tho’ not my character, to exalt my station” Letter from the Antilles, 1769 (aged 12)
Duty
“A few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at the entrances to our ports, might at a small expense be made . . . — — Map (db m205499) HM
In tribute to the men from Niagara Engine Co. No. 1 and F.L. Allen Hook & Ladder Co. No 1 who served in the Armed Forces in World War II
Niagara Engine Co. No 1
Babcock, William T. •
Ballestrini, Morton W. •
Beebe, Kenneth L. • . . . — — Map (db m227246) WM
On May 29, 1919, an hours-long brawl between Black and white Navy sailors erupted at the Hotel Bristol at 92 Bank Street. With five thousand people surrounding the hotel, the New London police and fire departments were unable to control the crowd . . . — — Map (db m217020) HM
Humpback whales are named for their characteristic swimming style, in which their arched, or humped, backs lift out of the water. Two distinct features of the humpback are . . . — — Map (db m227228) HM
In Tribute to the Officers and Enlisted Men of the
United States Coast Guard who served aboard
Destroyer-Escort Vessels of the United States Navy
1943 – 1946
Their efforts and valor are an integral part of the history of naval warfare. This . . . — — Map (db m205557) HM WM
The Hempstead district became a mixed-use neighborhood in which light industry, stores, and home businesses mingled with residences. This meant that people could satisfy many needs close to home. Tradesmen, craftsmen and professionals who had . . . — — Map (db m227210) HM
Given by the Italian American Community
and its Friends to the City of New London
in Memory of Those who came to America
to Fulfill Their Hopes and Dreams
May 3, 1987 — — Map (db m217034) HM
Founder of New London May 6, 1646 Governor of Connecticut 1657, 1659-1676 --------------- The Charter of Connecticut was procured by him from King Charles II April 23, 1662 --------------- To commemorate his great services to this commonwealth the . . . — — Map (db m48199) HM
Letter of Instruction to the Commanding Officers of the Revenue Cutters "They will always keep in mind that their countrymen are freemen, and, as such, are impatient of everything that bears the least mark of a domineering spirit. They will, . . . — — Map (db m205494) HM
The navy uses the magnetic silencing range to determine if a ship may be vulnerable to detection by magnetic mines, which can blow a hole in a vessel and cause it to sink. The range consists of a series of devices installed underwater that . . . — — Map (db m48381) HM
Erected in Memory of
Margaret Delia Geary
A Generous Benefactor of
This Cemetery
Whose Benefactions Have Been Made
In Memory of the Deceased Members
Of the Geary Family — — Map (db m220854) HM
Maury Hall, a substantial two-story concrete building, stood on this site from the 1930s or early 1940s until 1999. It served as classrooms for the U.S. Maritime Service officers’ training program at Fort Trumbull during World War II. Known to the . . . — — Map (db m48303) HM
The U.S. Merchant Marine played a crucial role in World War II, transporting supplies, ammunition, and troops across the ocean to the battle front. Even before the United States entered the war, the merchant fleet provided much-needed goods to the . . . — — Map (db m48394) HM
In the spring of 1761, the schooner Speedwell left the west coast of Africa with ninety-five captive Africans crowded beneath her deck. By the time it arrived in New London, Connecticut on July 17, only seventy-four were still alive. The . . . — — Map (db m216604) HM
Boyhood home of Eugene O’Neill, America’s most renowned playwright and setting for his masterpieces ‘Ah, Wilderness’ and ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night”. O’Neill won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1936.
This site possesses exceptional . . . — — Map (db m66446) HM
Born in Coventry Connecticut June 6, 1755 A schoolmaster in New London, A captain in the Continental Army who “resign’d his life a sacrifice to his country’s Liberty at New York Sept. 22d 1776” “I only regret that I have but one . . . — — Map (db m48203) HM
A Yale graduate, Hale began teaching here in the Union School House in 1774. He taught all ages and levels of boys at the same time. A progressive teacher for his day, Hale openly rewarded success in the classroom. He also believed in teaching . . . — — Map (db m48320) HM
Upon this site stood the School House where Nathan Hale taught school from March 1774 to July 1775, just prior to his departure to join the Revolutionary Army and to win undying fame. — — Map (db m227224) HM
Nathan Hale
Scholar • Teacher • Soldier • Martyr
Born Coventry Connecticut, June 6, 1755
Graduated from Yale, 1773
Taught in this
"The Union School of New London"
from March 1774 until July 1775
Gave his life for his country . . . — — Map (db m48184) HM
The Mohegan and Pequot people of southeastern Connecticut and their ancestors have used the coastal resources of eastern Long Island Sound for thousands of years. Native people made ocean-going canoes to harvest fish, trade, and visit with their . . . — — Map (db m48330) HM
New London was founded in 1646 by John Winthrop, the younger, who chose this shore-ringed "plantation” for its excellent harbor.
This land, with its great natural assets, attracted men of hardihood and valor and became one of the largest . . . — — Map (db m298412) HM
Even before New London was settled by the English in 1646, the area was known for its easy access to the sea and its natural resources. The native Pequots and Mohegans called the river the Great River of the Pequot or the Mohegan River. The . . . — — Map (db m216868) HM
Connecticut State Pier Complex
State Pier lies beyond the train station, just north of the Cross Sound Ferry docks. The pier was completed in 1914 with state money and is an early example of state government encouraging economic development . . . — — Map (db m216600) HM
In memory of
New London’s Soldiers and Sailors
who fought in defence of their country
Erected on the site of her first fort
Fortified 1691 - Dismantled 1777
Erected by
Sebastian D. Lawrence . . . — — Map (db m48332) HM WM
Gratefully dedicated to those who gave their lives in the service of our country in order to preserve its ideals of liberty and democracy1961 — — Map (db m48649) HM
[ Left Plaque : ] Korean Conflict This memorial is dedicated to those who served. When the call of their country was heard, self was forgotten. Their deeds and efforts shall never be forgotten. [ Right Plaque : ] Vietnam . . . — — Map (db m48851) HM
The Connecticut Blue Heritage Trail links important sites of Connecticut's marine environment and maritime heritage.
Place of Connections
Water has been New London's lifeblood since people began living here after the last Ice Age. The . . . — — Map (db m216615) HM
Between 1875 and 1876, the army built this installation for heavy guns, known as the North Battery, to strengthen the military effectiveness of Fort Trumbull. Designed for five cannon aimed toward the water, the battery contained four gun platforms . . . — — Map (db m48258) HM
Quahogs are also known as littlenecks, cherrystones or hard clams. The word quahog is of Algonquian Indian origin and is pronounced "koh-hog". Native Americans used . . . — — Map (db m227229) HM
This building served as living space for officers for more than one hundred and fifty years. It was constructed in about 1830, before the existing fort was built, when the War of 1812-era fort still stood on the site. Army officers occupied the . . . — — Map (db m217135) HM
This parade ground appears on a map from the 1830s, when the second Fort Trumbull was still standing. Its use dates back at least that far. The army conducted drills and inspections of troops on this stretch of land until the early twentieth . . . — — Map (db m48272) HM
An industrial-looking building with few windows stood on this site directly in front of the fort from the 1770s until 1999. It was designed specifically for top-secret work in periscope technology. Originally, periscopes were simple tube-shaped . . . — — Map (db m48382) HM
After the Civil War fewer troops were stationed at Fort Trumbull, but at least one artillery company continued to serve here each year into the early twentieth century. It became evident during the Civil War that advances in weapons had caused the . . . — — Map (db m48356) HM
… was the gift to his city of Henry Philemon Haven, one of New London's most prosperous whaling merchants. Construction was completed and the building opened to the public in 1892.
The well-known architect Henry Hobson Richardson is credited . . . — — Map (db m216490) HM
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