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Farmington Marker
1 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Farmington — Farmington —  — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄Tag change failed. . |
| Laid out 1650 as Tunxis Plantation a trading center of frontier area — — Map (db m230294) HM | |||
| 2 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Farmington, Unionville — Yodkins-Morin Memorial — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| During the week of August 12, 1955, the Farmington Valley was hit by the edge of Hurricane Connie. The area received heavy rainfall that saturated beds of the Farmington River. The following week, Hurricane Diane swept through the Atlantic Coast, . . . — — Map (db m230293) HM | |||
| 3 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Clay Arsenal — 29th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Between 1863 and 1865, nearly 1,700 men of color enlisted in the 29th Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Connecticut's first non-white military unit. The recruits came from a variety of racial and ethnic origins and professional backgrounds. A . . . — — Map (db m230467) HM | |||
| 4 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Clay Arsenal — Black Heroes in Hartford: Gwendolyn Clarke Reed Actress, Playwright, Community Storyteller (1912 - 1974) #HartfordBlackHeroes — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Reed moved to Hartford in 1916, where she would attend Hartford High School and Hartford Federal College. She joined WPA's Negro Theatre Project in Hartford in her mid-twenties, and would appear in plays such as "Trilogy in Black," "Porgy," . . . — — Map (db m230471) HM | |||
| 5 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Clay Arsenal — Black Heroes in Hartford: Mary A. Johnson Business Owner, Social Services & Recreation Organizational Leader (1881 - 1959) — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Johnson came to Hartford in 1916. She and her husband co-owned the only Black-owned funeral services company in the state of Connecticut at the time. She co-founded the Colored Women's League in 1917 and was its president. Her organization . . . — — Map (db m230466) HM | |||
| 6 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Clay Arsenal — Black Heroes in Hartford: Mary Townsend Seymour First Black woman to run for state office in the nation & Co-founder of the Hartford NAACP (1875 - 1957) — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| In 1917, she hosted a small group gathering in her home to co-found the Hartford Branch of the NAACP. By 1916, Townsend Seymour had already registered to vote and in 1920 went on the campaign trail to run for state representative, the first . . . — — Map (db m230469) HM | |||
| 7 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Clay Arsenal — Black Heroes in Hartford: Rev. Dr. Richard Battles Civil Rights Leader, Advocate, Reverend (1928 - 1980) — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Reverend Battles moved to Hartford in 1961, where he would serve as Pastor at Mt. Olive Church and work with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He swiftly rose to become a key figure in Hartford's civil rights movement. He was the Southern Christian . . . — — Map (db m230474) HM | |||
| 8 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Corning Fountain John Massey Rhind (1860-1936) Bushnell Park — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The Corning Fountain was commissioned by John J. Corning as a tribute to his father, John B. Corning. It was designed by John Massey Rhind, a noted sculptor born in Scotland. The fountain's location was chosen as part of a grand entranceway . . . — — Map (db m230328) HM | |||
| 9 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Horace Wells Truman Howe Bartlett (1835-1922) Bushnell Park — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Dr. Horace Wells was a Hartford Dentist who is credited with the discovery of anesthesia in Hartford in 1844. Wells stated, "let anesthesia be as free as the air we breathe" and did not try to benefit commercially from his discovery. After his . . . — — Map (db m230389) HM | |||
| 10 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Israel Putnam John Q.A. Ward (1830-1910) Bushnell Park — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Israel Putnam (1718-1790), the legendary general of the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars, is considered Connecticut's first authentic folk hero. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775, at 57 years old, he is famous for riding 18 . . . — — Map (db m230347) HM | |||
| 11 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch George Keller Bushnell Park — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The City of Hartford commissioned the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch to recognize the 4,000 Hartford residents who served in the Union Army from 1861-1865, including 400 who died during the war. It was designed by George Keller, who also . . . — — Map (db m230367) HM | |||
| 12 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Spirit of Victory Evelin B. Longman (1874-1954) Bushnell Park — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Spirit of Victory is a war memorial honoring the Hartford men who fought in the Spanish-American War, 1898-1902. Its creator was Evelyn Longman Batchelder, the first woman sculptor elected as a full member of the Academy of Design, who . . . — — Map (db m230406) HM | |||
| 13 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Ann Uccello — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Hartford's first female mayor — — Map (db m151937) HM | |||
| 14 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Bob Steele 1911 - 2002 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Boxer, motorcyclist, wordsmith, cartoonist and entertainer, Bob Steel joined WTIC (Travelers Insurance Company) in 1936 when it operated from the 6th floor of this Grove Street building. From here until 1961, from Broadcast House in . . . — — Map (db m151923) HM | |||
| 15 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Bushnell Park Park History — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Reverend Horace Bushnell believed Prosperity was Our Duty and that civic improvement was critical to a prosperous Hartford. As a result of economic decline in the 1840s, Bushnell recognized Hartford's long want of "spacious . . . — — Map (db m230332) HM | |||
| 16 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Bushnell Park Park History — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Reverend Horace Bushnell believed Prosperity was Our Duty and that civic improvement was critical to a prosperous Hartford. As a result of economic decline in the 1840s, Bushnell recognized Hartford's long want of "spacious . . . — — Map (db m230390) HM | |||
| 17 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Frederick Douglass — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
First speech in Hartford on the grounds of this Church May 18, 1843
"[We found several towns in which people closed their doors and refused to entertain the subject. Notably among those were Hartford, Conn., and Grafton, Mass. . . . — — Map (db m151933) HM | |||
| 18 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — George Washington — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| George Washington was entertained by Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth in his home on this site on June 30, 1775 when on his way to Cambridge to assume command of the Army. On September 21, 22, 23, 1780 with Lafayette, General Knox and Governor . . . — — Map (db m151930) HM | |||
| 19 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Hartford's Isle of Safety — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| You are now standing where once stood a structure that was an important piece of Hartford history: The Isle of Safety. An exact outline of this iconic structure has been created on the paved walkway behind you. When it was erected . . . — — Map (db m151922) HM | |||
| 20 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Horace Wells — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
Horace Wells
The discoverer of
Anζsthesia.
December 1844.
Horace Wells
Dentist
Discovered anesthesia
Hartford 1844
"Let anζsthesia be as free as the air we . . . — — Map (db m230371) HM | |||
| 21 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Israel Putnam — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Presented by the Honourable Joseph Pratt Allyn — — Map (db m230348) WM | |||
| 22 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — James Goodwin Batterson 1823 - 1901 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Founded Travelers Insurance Company 1st accident insurance company in America in a building on this site April 1, 1864. — — Map (db m230409) HM | |||
| 23 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — 35 — Lafayette's Tour Mapping the Farewell Tour The Lafayette Trail — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| On Sept. 4, 1824, General Lafayette visited Hartford during his triumphal return to the U.S. He was addressed here by Governor Wolcott. — — Map (db m230408) HM | |||
| 24 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Matthew Furlong — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| On June 5, 1798, Matthew Furlong was shot dead by Crown forces in New Ross as he approached the Three Bullet Gate carrying a flag of truce and a letter asking for the surrender of the town to the Rebel forces. This monument serves to . . . — — Map (db m151919) HM | |||
| 25 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — McKone Block 357-367 Main Street Buckingham Square District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230429) HM | |||
| 26 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Nathan Hale — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Nathan Hale, 1755 - 1776. — — Map (db m151932) WM | |||
| 27 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — New Ross, County Wexford Park Established February 27, 1995 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| To commemorate the Sister City relationship between the peoples of Hartford, Connecticut and New Ross, County Wexford in the Republic of Ireland. This relationship promotes economic educational and cultural exchanges; and perpetually fosters . . . — — Map (db m151920) HM | |||
| 28 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Park History Bushnell Park — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| With trains arriving in Hartford and passing the western edge of the Park, Reverend Horace Bushnell wanted to provide an aesthetically pleasing first impression of the City. Bushnell envisioned the Park as an "outdoor parlor", a specialized room in . . . — — Map (db m230325) HM | |||
| 29 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Park History Asylum Hill Gate Bushnell Park Est 1854 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Hartford suffered great floods in 1936 and 1938. This resulted in the City and Army Corps of Engineers designing an extensive flood control system that buried the Park River in a tunnel under the Park. In this location, you would have been . . . — — Map (db m230345) HM | |||
| 30 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Park History Pearl Street Gate Bushnell Park Est. 1854 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The Pearl Street gate was designed by Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects and added to the Park in the 1940s. The path Leads from the gateway to the Corning Fountain. Donated by John J. Corning in 1898, the fountain was installed in 1899 to honor . . . — — Map (db m230346) HM | |||
| 31 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Park History Bushnell Park Est 1854 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Jacob Weidenmann's design of the Park utilized many of Frederick Law Olmsted's techniques, including curvilinear paths and the separation of uses. His design incorporated pedestrian use in the eastern section. Through the design of a carriage path . . . — — Map (db m230349) HM | |||
| 32 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Park History Trinity Street Bushnell Park Est 1854 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Reverend Horace Bushnell preached Unconscious Influence (1842), the idea that we are "ever touching unconsciously the spring of motion in each other we overrun the boundaries of personality -- we flow together by a law of social contagion." . . . — — Map (db m230368) HM | |||
| 33 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Park History Ann Uccello Bushnell Park Est 1854 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| As a result of severe flooding, the Army Corps of Engineers created the Park River relocation plan in 1941, placing the river in a concrete tunnel under Bushnell Park. As part of this plan, the firm of Olmsted Brothers landscape architects, . . . — — Map (db m230370) HM | |||
| 34 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Park History [Bushnell Park] — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The Park was first conceived of by Reverend Horace Bushnell in 1853. In 1860, the City hired Jacob Weidenmann, a Swiss-born landscape architect, to finalize the Park design and complete construction. Weidenmann's design incorporated the styles of . . . — — Map (db m230391) HM | |||
| 35 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Park History Pump House Bushnell Park — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Reverend Horace Bushnell believed Prosperity was Our Duty and that civic improvement was critical to a prosperous Hartford. As a result of economic decline in the 1840s, Bushnell recognized Hartford's long want of "spacious . . . — — Map (db m230394) HM | |||
| 36 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Park History Elm Street Bushnell Park Est 1854 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Jacob Weidenmann's design of Bushnell Park included a location for a statue of Reverend Horace Bushnell. Bushnell, however, did not want a statue of himself in what he viewed as Hartford's park, not his. On October 19, 1871, the First Company . . . — — Map (db m230395) HM | |||
| 37 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — President Theodore Roosevelt 1858 - 1919 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| First US President to ride in an automobile and on that ride he passed this corner May 22, 1902 — — Map (db m151936) HM | |||
| 38 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Rev'd. John Brady — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| In memory of the Rev'd. John Brady, who died November 16, 1854, aged 48. He was Catholic Pastor of this City from 1836 to 1854; and through his Apostolic labors this Cathedral was erected. May his soul rest in . . . — — Map (db m151938) HM | |||
| 39 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Savitt Jewelers — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Operated by Bill Savitt on this site, 1937 to 1987 "Mr. P.O.M.G." (Peace of Mind Guarantee) — — Map (db m151921) HM | |||
| 40 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Sisters of Mercy — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Site of the first convent Sisters of Mercy arrival in Connecticut St. Patrick Parish May 11, 1852 to serve the poor, sick and ignorant throughout the state — — Map (db m151939) HM | |||
| 41 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Sophie Tucker 1884 - 1996 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| "The last of the red hot mamas" sang in her father's bar/restaurant that stood on this site — — Map (db m151924) HM | |||
| 42 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — The Hartford Courant — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Near this site The Hartford Courant This nation's oldest newspaper of continuous publication was established October 29, 1764 — — Map (db m151934) HM | |||
| 43 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — The Pump House Army Corps of Engineers, 1947 [Bushnell Park] — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The Pump House was designed by Hartford architect, H. Hilliard Smith in 1940 and built in 1947 as part of the Connecticut River Flood Control Program. This project began after the downtown area suffered catastrophic floods in 1936 and 1938. The . . . — — Map (db m230393) HM | |||
| 44 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — The Stark Building 750 Main Street Historic Downtown Hartford — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m151935) HM | |||
| 45 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — The Wadsworth Barn This tablet marks the location of the Wadsworth Barn built in 1733 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Jeremiah Wadsworth was Commissary-General in the Continental Army. His house which stood at the present site of the Wadsworth Atheneum was the meeting place for many leaders of the American Revolution, among them Washington, Lafayette, and . . . — — Map (db m151929) HM | |||
| 46 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — 111 — Votes for Women Road to the 19th Amendment National Votes for Women Trail — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Katharine Houghton Hepburn, President, CT Woman Suffrage Assn., and local suffragists welcomed British suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst here 1913 — — Map (db m230324) HM | |||
| 47 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown North — History of the Tower (Dedicated 1898) [Keney Tower] — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
Henry Keney, a successful Hartford merchant, built this tower to honor his mother, and in 1898 dedicated it to her memory.
"This tower, erected to the memory of my mother, is designed to preserve from other occupancy the ground . . . — — Map (db m230465) HM | |||
| 48 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Front Street District — Dwight D. Eisenhower — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower made a presidential campaign address here October 22, 1952 — — Map (db m151926) HM | |||
| 49 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Front Street District — Harry S. Truman — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Harry S. Truman made a presidential campaign address here October 27, 1948 — — Map (db m151925) HM | |||
| 50 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Front Street District — John F. Kennedy — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| John F. Kennedy made a presidential campaign address here November 7, 1960 — — Map (db m151927) HM | |||
| 51 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Front Street District — Lyndon B. Johnson — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Lyndon B. Johnson made a presidential campaign address here September 28, 1964 — — Map (db m151928) HM | |||
| 52 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Northeast — Black Heroes in Hartford: Judge Boce Barlow Connecticut's First Black Judge (1915 - 2005) — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Barlow completed his high school studies in Hartford in 1933. He continued on to Howard University, where he served as senior class president, and received his degree with honors in 1939. He served in a segregated Army regiment in the . . . — — Map (db m230475) HM | |||
| 53 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Northeast — Black Heroes in Hartford: Marcus Camby Professional Basketball Player (Born 1974) — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| A graduate of Hartford Public High School, where he won Gatorade's Connecticut Player of the Year. Played for three seasons at the University of Massachusetts, where he broke the NCAA freshman record for blocked shots. Was voted . . . — — Map (db m230477) HM | |||
| 54 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Northeast — Black Heroes in Hartford: Phyllis Goggins World's fastest Double Dutch Jumper (1968 - 2015) #HartfordBlackHeroes — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Goggins was born and raised in Hartford, where she would form the Black Magic Double Dutch Team with Lisa Butler, Shantell Smith, and Connie Williams. Black Magic beat out all teams in a regional final at the Hartford Civic Center (now the . . . — — Map (db m230479) HM | |||
| 55 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Northeast — Black Heroes in Hartford: Reverend Collin B. Bennett Businessman, City Councilman, Priest (1931 - 1998) — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Born in St. Andrew, Jamaica, he immigrated to Connecticut in 1951, where he opened a real estate and insurance company. Elected to Hartford's city council in 1965, he battled to assist low-income families in purchasing homes for eight years. . . . — — Map (db m230481) HM | |||
| 56 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Northeast — Black Heroes in Hartford: William Roy Hales Businessman, Media Publisher (1934 - 2007) — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
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Born in Georgia, Hales moved to Hartford in the 1950s and opened a coin-operated laundry and electronics business on Albany Avenue. | |||
| 57 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Sheldon Charter Oak — Charter Oak Temple — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Designed by George Keller, dedicated 1876. First building in the state built as a synagogue, it served Congregation Temple Beth Israel from 1876 to 1936 — — Map (db m230412) HM | |||
| 58 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Sheldon Charter Oak — City of Hartford Downtown Walking Map + Places of Interest — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Finding your way on foot in Connecticut's capital city Downtown Hartford is filled with cultural, civic and commercial destinations, all in a compact district that can be easily traversed on foot in less than 20 minutes. Hartford's . . . — — Map (db m230410) HM | |||
| 59 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Sheldon Charter Oak — City of Hartford Downtown Hartford Walking Map + Places of Interest — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Finding your way on foot in Connecticut's capital city Downtown Hartford is filled with cultural, civic, and commercial destinations, all in a compact district that can be easily traversed on foot in less than 20 minutes. Hartford's . . . — — Map (db m230413) HM | |||
| 60 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Sheldon Charter Oak — Park History Main St South Green Barnard Park Est 1899 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Barnard Park, commonly known as South Green, dates back to the original 1630's Hartford street plan. A triangular 13.5-acre parcel of land, South Green was originally a New England common used informally for the grazing of cattle. In 1816, the . . . — — Map (db m230414) HM | |||
| 61 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Sheldon Charter Oak — Park History [Porter Memorial Park] — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The site of this park was the entrance to the Estate of Solomon Porter, a 19th century industrialist and rival of Samuel Colt. In 1942, Porter's daughter, Henrietta Porter Lippincott, deeded this land to be held in trust and maintained as a park . . . — — Map (db m230462) HM | |||
| 62 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, South Green — Engine Company 1 Fire Station 197 Main Street — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Recorded Property — — Map (db m230418) HM | |||
| 63 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, South Green — Park History Main St/Wyllys St South Green Bernard Park Est 1899 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Barnard Park, commonly known as South Green, dates back to the original 1630's Hartford street plan. A triangular 13.5-acre parcel of land, South Green was originally a New England common used informally for the grazing of cattle. In 1816, the . . . — — Map (db m230417) HM | |||
| 64 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, South Green — Park History Main Street Buckingham Square Park Est 1830 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Buckingham Square occupies a central place in Hartford's history. Main and Buckingham Streets were laid out in the original settlement of the town; a map of 1640 shows a number of buildings in the area. It was at the intersection of these two . . . — — Map (db m230428) HM | |||
| 65 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, South Green — Second Church of Christ South Congregational Church 307 Main Street — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior South Church Congregational Founded 1670 . . . — — Map (db m230421) HM | |||
| 66 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, West End — 915-917 West Boulevard West Boulevard Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230308) HM | |||
| 67 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, West End — 919-921 West Boulevard West Boulevard Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230311) HM | |||
| 68 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, West End — 927-929 West Boulevard West Boulevard Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230315) HM | |||
| 69 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, West End — 92-94 Beacon Street West End South Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230299) HM | |||
| 70 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, West End — 935-937 West Boulevard West Boulevard Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230316) HM | |||
| 71 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, West End — 939-941 West Boulevard — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230317) HM | |||
| 72 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, West End — 943-945 West Boulevard West Boulevard Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230319) HM | |||
| 73 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, West End — 947-949 West Boulevard West Boulevard Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230321) HM | |||
| 74 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, West End — 951-953 West Boulevard West Boulevard Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230322) HM | |||
| 75 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, West End — 959-961 West Boulevard West Boulevard Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230300) HM | |||
| 76 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, West End — 963-965 West Boulevard West Boulevard Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230302) HM | |||
| 77 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, West End — 971-973 West Boulevard West Boulevard Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230306) HM | |||
| 78 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Rocky Hill — Academy Hall Built 1803 — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| This mid-1800s photo is the earliest known picture of Academy Hall and the Congregational Church. Academy Hall is a federal style building that was built in a federal style building that was built in 1803 by Mr. Abraham Jagger and paid for by . . . — — Map (db m230821) HM | |||
| 79 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Rocky Hill — 274 — Elm Street Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Elm Street Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m230832) HM | |||
| 80 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Rocky Hill — Farming in Rocky Hill — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The first farmers in this area were the Indigenous people who lived along the Connecticut River. Artifacts from this first farming community were uncovered at the Morgan Trench archaeological dig in the rock Hill Great Meadows. Surface finds, . . . — — Map (db m230804) HM | |||
| 81 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Rocky Hill — Historic Ground — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
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| 82 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Rocky Hill — Rocky Hill - A CT River Town — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The history of Rocky Hill is entwined with the Connecticut River. Flowing past our 4 mile shoreline, on its 410 mile trip from northern New Hampshire to Long Island Sound, the river has been a major factor in our town's growth and development as . . . — — Map (db m230797) HM | |||
| 83 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Rocky Hill — 273 — Rocky Hill Center Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Rocky Hill Center Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m230830) HM | |||
| 84 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Rocky Hill — 283 — Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m230787) HM | |||
| 85 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Suffield — 324 — Hilltop Farm 1550-1760 Mapleton Avenue — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Hilltop Farm has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m230482) HM | |||
| 86 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Tolland — 46 Tolland Green Tolland Green Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230454) HM | |||
| 87 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Tolland — 55 Tolland Green Tolland Green Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230452) HM | |||
| 88 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Tolland — 714 Tolland Stage Road Tolland Green Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230445) HM | |||
| 89 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Tolland — 12 — Lafayette's Tour Mapping the Farewell Tour The Lafayette Trail — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| On September 4, 1824, General Lafayette traveled from Stafford Springs & passed through Tolland on his way to New York City — — Map (db m230448) HM | |||
| 90 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Tolland — Tolland County Courthouse 53 Tolland Green Tolland Green Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic District Historic District Property — — Map (db m230453) HM | |||
| 91 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Tolland — Tolland Inn 63 Tolland Green Tolland Green Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230449) HM | |||
| 92 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Tolland — United Congregational Church of Tolland 45 Tolland Green Tolland Green Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The National Register of Historic Places Historic District Property — — Map (db m230446) HM | |||
| 93 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Vernon, Rockville — Afghanistan and Iraq Wars Memorial — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| These granite markers are a tribute to the courageous men and women who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and all members of the US Armed Forces who keep our borders safe at home and abroad Operation Enduring Freedom . . . — — Map (db m230438) WM | |||
| 94 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Vernon, Rockville — American Mill Reported unreadable — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| The American Mill was originally the site of a saw and grist mill owned by Rufus West and Horace Vinton. In 1846, Phineas Talcott purchased the site, and in 1847, he and Nelson Kingsbury organized the American Mills Company and constructed a new . . . — — Map (db m230439) HM | |||
| 95 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Vernon, Rockville — General Lafayette — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| In grateful memory of ★ General ★ Lafayette ★ whose love of liberty brought him to American shores and dedicate his life and fortune to the cause of the colonies, the Sabra Trumbull Chapter, Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m230443) HM WM | |||
| 96 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Vernon, Rockville — 78 — Lafayette's Tour Mapping the Farewell Tour The Lafayette Trail — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| On Sept. 4, 1824, General Lafayette was received at King's Tavern by the 1st Co., Governor's Horse Guard and escorted to East Hartford. — — Map (db m230442) HM | |||
| 97 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Willington — Baptist Church of Willington — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| This tablet commemorates the founding of the Baptist Church of Willington by Reverend Hubbel Loomis A.D. 1828 Erected by the Federated Churches of Willington to perpetuate its own motto:- . . . — — Map (db m230459) HM | |||
| 98 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Willington — The Federated Church of Willington — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Congregational 1727 Baptist 1828 Federated 1911 — — Map (db m230457) HM | |||
| 99 ► Connecticut, Greater Bridgeport Region, Bridgeport, East Side — Andrew Leso House 580 Kossuth Street East Bridgeport Historic District — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| Historic District Property The National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m227308) HM | |||
| 100 ► Connecticut, Greater Bridgeport Region, Bridgeport, East Side — Washington Park Welcome Bridgeport, Park City — — ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ Tag change failed. . |
| In 1851, P.T. Barnum and William Noble took the land that we now stand on and developed it. Lots were planned and streets were named after their own family members such as Caroline, Hallet, and of course Barnum. A firm was hired to design an English . . . — — Map (db m227305) HM | |||
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