Historical Markers and War Memorials in West Hartford, Connecticut
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Connecticut Veterans Memorial West Hartford
The Connecticut Veterans Memorial was commisioned by the Town Council of West Hartford in June 2001. This memorial honors West Hartford men and women who gave their lives during war.
The black granite . . . — — Map (db m53159) HM
First Public Library
Building in West Hartford
Erected as a Memorial to
Noah Webster
Presented to the Town by
Sarah Whitman Hooker Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Aided by Funds Collected from Townspeople
February 27, . . . — — Map (db m53371) HM
Goodman Green
In 1747 this oblong of land was given by Timothy Goodman to the West Hartford Parish of the Congregational Church for use as a parade ground of the local militia company. Still owned by the parish, it is maintained by the town. For . . . — — Map (db m53156) HM
Born in Boston, Korczak Ziolkowski was a completely self taught American original of Polish descent. Early in his career, he moved to West Hartford, to establish his studio and begin life as a professional artist. He began to sell commissioned . . . — — Map (db m60005) HM
Laurent Clerc
The Apostle
To The Deaf Mutes Of The
New World
(north face)
Laurent Clerc A.M.
Born in La Balme, France
December 26, 1785
Landed at New York
August 9, 1816
Died at Hartford
July 18, 1869
(south face)
Erected By . . . — — Map (db m97551) HM
Meeting House Corner
This park is the site of the first three meeting houses of the First Church of Christ, Congregational, organized in 1713. The parish of the west Division (West Hartford), the fourth in Hartford, was established in 1711. The . . . — — Map (db m53158) HM
Noah Webster Birthplace
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the
Historic sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating and illustrating . . . — — Map (db m60003) HM
Old Center Cemetery
The land for this cemetery, the oldest official burying ground in West Hartford was acquired in 1719 by the Town of Hartford for the benefit of its West Division Parish (West Hartford). It remained the principal place of burial . . . — — Map (db m97554) HM
Old North Cemetery
This graveyard was established in 1790, when Thomas Merrell of the West Division Parish (West Hartford) sold three quarters of an acre to the Town of Hartford. From time to time there were additions, the last in 1852. West . . . — — Map (db m97552) HM
SS Maiden Creek
1943
Our ship's bell, recovered from
the SS Maiden Creek – torpedoed
during World War II, is dedicated
to the fallen heroes of the
United States Merchant Marine
who served during time of war
in defense of . . . — — Map (db m53162) HM
Designer 1903
Elizabeth Park Rose Garden
To whom this rose bed is dedicated and for whom it will be maintained as long as the park is here and people love roses … forever
Conrad L. Wirth 1992 — — Map (db m44111) HM
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, LL. D.
Born in Philadelphia December 10, 1787
Founded
At Hartford the First School for the Deaf
In America 1817
Died at Hartford September 10, 1851
(east face)
Friend
Teacher
benefactor
(south face)
This . . . — — Map (db m97549) HM
Another popular man of letters, and a true American original that eventually made Hartford his home, was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain.
Twain started out as a printer’s apprentice and typesetter, and shared . . . — — Map (db m90991) HM
Noah Webster loved letters and language. Concerned that there was no guide for proper spelling and speech in the new country, he developed a primer for a distinctly American pronunciation and spelling which was published in 1783. It became the famed . . . — — Map (db m90994) HM
West Hartford
In 1672-1677 Hartford created the West Division by sub-dividing a tract bounded by Quaker Lane, Mountain Road, and the towns of Bloomfield and Newington. Later this was enlarged by lands from Hartford and Farmington. Our first . . . — — Map (db m53370) HM
Dedicated in honored memory of Pfc Harold J Barry, Jr Died of Wounds Suffered in Philippine Islands 20 March 1945 1st LT Charles A Rosenblatt Died of Wounds Suffered in Germany 25 November 1944 — — Map (db m66285) HM WM
A group of elm trees formerly stood in a small triangle in the intersection of Quaker Lane South and New Britain Avenue, the old south road to Farmington. Ebenezer Faxon and other residents in southern West Hartford planted the elm saplings to . . . — — Map (db m66286) HM WM
Through the dedicated efforts of the Elmwood Business Associates and the West Hartford Lions Club, this park was established where the great stand of elms, from which Elmwood took its name, once grew. They were planted to commemorate the victory of . . . — — Map (db m66287) HM WM
