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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the county seat for Hartford County
Hartford is in Hartford County
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Daughter of the Reverend Lyman and Roxanna Foote Beecher. Born Litchfield Connecticut 14 June 1811. Married at Cincinnati Ohio 6 January 1836 to Calvin Ellis Stowe. Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at Brunswick Maine in 1851. Resided in this house . . . — — Map (db m53155) HM
On this site, from 1869 until 1963, stood the Hartford Public High School, the second oldest secondary school in the United States. Founded in 1638 as a Latin Grammar School. It became, in 1847, the Hartford Public English and Classical High . . . — — Map (db m28374) HM
The inscribed stone below is the cornerstone of Brownell Hall, which was located on Trinity College's first campus at the present site of the State Capitol in Hartford. Built in 1845 as a dormitory, it was dedicated to the Rt. Rev. Thomas C. . . . — — Map (db m124903) HM
In memory of the Trinity men who fought for the principles in which they believed with the Union and Confederate forces in the Civil War and of those who gave "the last full measure of devotion"
This Gun formed part of the Main Battery of . . . — — Map (db m125008) WM
Griffin A. Stedman
Typical Volunteer Soldier
Of the Civil War
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colonel
Brigadier General
Born at Hartford Conn., January 6, 1838
Killed at Petersburg, Va. August 5, 1864
[ south side ]
This Monument . . . — — Map (db m52319) HM
Served as secretary to
Admiral Farragut during the
Battle of Mobile Bay
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This Gun
formed part of
the Main Battery of
Admiral Farragut's
Flagship Hartford . . . — — Map (db m124916) HM
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
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
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
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
"A place of our common grief, our common hopes and our common faith;
a place wherein we may see and feel our sympathy one with another."
Frederick Law Olmstead
Landscape Architect
Old North Cemetery
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
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
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
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
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
1st Conn. Heavy Artillery
Originally 4th Conn. Infantry
Mustered in May 22, 1861
Mustered out Sept. 25 1865
Total enrollment officers and men
3802 Erected by the survivors and friends of the regiment and the veteran and active companies . . . — — Map (db m28358) HM
Adriaen Block
A short distance from
where you are standing,
in 1614
Adriaen Block, captain of the ship Restless
sails up a river from the Atlantic Ocean
which native peoples of the region have named
"Quinnehtukqut", meaning the Great . . . — — Map (db m53151) HM
In memory of the courageous
Adventurers
who inspired and directed by
Thomas Hooker journeyed through the
wilderness from Newtown (Cambridge)
in the Massachusetts Bay to
Suckiaug (Hartford) October 1635
Mathew Allyn John . . . — — Map (db m52432) HM
Alexis de Tocqueville
The 25 year-old French aristocrat and author of
Democracy in America
visited this area
during his 1831 – 1832 tour of America
Tocqueville
C-SPAN
placed by C-SPAN and the cable television industry . . . — — Map (db m52694) HM
On Tuesday, April 15, 1817, in a building located on this site, the Connecticut Asylum for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Persons officially opened. The school was the first in America to teach deaf children and had a class of seven syudents. The . . . — — Map (db m52437) HM
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
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
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
[ east side ]
Deming In Memory Of
Capt. Pownal Deming
Son Of
David Deming & Mehitable Champion
Born Sept. 30, 1749
Died April 9, 1795
[ west side ]
An earnest patriot, he enlisted
in the Continental Army at the . . . — — Map (db m44066) HM
Where you are standing, on October 31, 1687 came Sir Edmund Andros to the meeting house built on this site, sent by the British Crown to revoke Connecticut's Charter and establish the Dominion of New England. Captain Joseph Wadsworth, determined . . . — — Map (db m53150) HM
97 Elm Street
Chapman-Taft House
Erected by Charles & Sarah Chapman
in 1861. Bought in 1873
by Dr. Cincinnatus A. Taft leading
Hartford physician & Mark Twain's
family doctor. Members of the
Taft family resided here
for nearly forty . . . — — Map (db m52258) HM
Christ Church
Cathedral
Diocese of Connecticut
Episcopal
Founded as Christ Church 1762
Set Apart as Cathedral 1919
Present Building 1828
The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas
Bishop of Connecticut
The Very Rev. Mark B. Pendleton . . . — — Map (db m44074) HM
In Memory Of
Col. Thomas Knowlton
Of Ashford Conn.
Who as a boy served in several campaigns in the French and Indian Wars
Shared in the siege and capture of Havana in 1762
Was in immediate command of Connecticut troops at the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m52189) HM
ConfuciusConfucius (551 B.C. to 479 B.C.), with the given name Qiu and stylized name Zhongni, was a native of Lu State (now Qufu city of Shandong Province) in the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. He was a great thinker, educator and . . . — — Map (db m52259) HM
1771 Memorial 1912
To The Deceased Members Of
The First Company Governor's Foot Guard
Hartford Connecticut
Erected By The
Veteran Corps
Dedicated June 1912
1771
Captain Samuel Wyllys . . . — — Map (db m43772) HM
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
Pulaski
"I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it . . ."
General Casimir Pulaski
was born in Poland in 1748. He led the unsuccessful revolt of Polish Patriots against Russia. Upon arrival in America . . . — — Map (db m52343) HM
Where You Are Standing
On September 20, 1780
Waits General George Washington,
Commander-in-Chief of the American Armies
During the American Colonies' Revolution
Against Great Britain.
He has come with Governor Trumbull and . . . — — Map (db m52783) HM
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
[ south side ]
George Wyllys
Born 1590 in Fenny Compton Co Warwick England
Came to Hartford 1638
Deputy Governor of Connecticut 1641
And Governor 1642. Died March 9, 1645
Bridget Young his wife died at Fenny Compton
March 1629 . . . — — Map (db m43771) HM
To Commemorate The
One Hundred Seventy-Fifth Anniversary
Celebration of the Founding in 1771
Of the First Company
Governor's Foot Guard.
General Jonathan M. Wainwright,
Hero of Corregidor and Guest of Honor
at this celebration was . . . — — Map (db m52913) HM
To commemorate the
Two Hundreth Anniversary Celebration
Of the First Company Governor's
Foot Guard, founded in 1771.
The oldest military unit in continuous
service in the United States.
Participating were the Centennial
Legion of . . . — — Map (db m52916) HM
Hartford was named in 1637 after the English town of Hertford. The Indian name was Suckiaug. The first colonial settlement, called House of Good Hope, was made by the Dutch in 1633. The Reverend Thomas Hooker arrived overland from Newtown . . . — — Map (db m43708) HM
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
Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth
SAR Branch Connecticut
Erected MCMXIII
Here stood the home of Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth Commissary General of the American forces in the War for Independence and a trusted friend of George Washington and "Brother Jonathan . . . — — Map (db m52427) HM
In Memory of the First
Settlers of Hartford
Jeremy Adams Matthew Allyn Francis Andrews William Andrews John Arnold Andrew Bacon John Barnard Thomas Barnes Robert Bartlett John Baysey Thomas Beale Nathaniel Bearding Mary . . . — — Map (db m195603) HM
Of Copford Hall. Essex England. Third Governor of Massachusetts. A founder of this commonwealth & its first Governor. A lover of religious liberty. A man trusted and honored.
Near this place he was buried & by this tablet The Connecticut . . . — — Map (db m44068) HM
Jonathan Trumbull
Where You Are Standing
From 1768 to 1784
Jonathan Trumbull guides the people of Connecticut
to independence as the colony's Royal Governor.
Governor Trumbull is the only colonial governor
to stand with the patriots . . . — — Map (db m52782) HM
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
Major General
Clarence Ransom Edwards DSM
1859 – 1931
Beloved commander of the 26th Division who led
the sons of New England to glorious victory
on the battlefields of France in the World War
1917 - - - 1918
Sponsored by the . . . — — Map (db m52191) HM
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens
1835 - 1910
[ north side ]
One of the nation's most celebrated authors
Mark Twain lived here in Hartford during the peak
of his writing career from 1871 until 1891
Of Hartford, Twain wrote "Of all the . . . — — Map (db m52434) HM
Marquis de La Fayette
Where You Are Standing
On September, 1824
Arrives the Marquis de La Fayette in Daniel Wadsworth's carriage drawn by four white horses. Hartford's citizens shout hurrahs, wave banners and throw garlands of flowers at the . . . — — Map (db m43767) HM
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
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
Old State House
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
the history of . . . — — Map (db m52699) HM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Prudence Crandall
Where You Are Standing
on May 24, 1833
The Connecticut General Assembly passes the Black Law expressly forbidding Prudence Crandall from recruiting African-American women for her school in Canterbury. Prudence refuses to obey . . . — — Map (db m43765) HM
Recapture of the
Connecticut River
1981 – 1999
Dedicated September 3, 1999
On the occasion of the opening of
Riverfront Plaza and Terraces
Founders Bridge Promenade and
State Street Landing
[ left plaque ]
A Historic . . . — — Map (db m52601) HM
Rev. Samuel Stone 1602 – 1663
First Church Teacher and 2nd Pastor
Co-Founded Hartford with Thomas Hooker
Born in Hertford England — — Map (db m43742) HM
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
Distinguished by its clean lines and notched, flat breech, this 10-inch cannon was developed by U.S. Army Ordinance Lieutenant (later Major) Thomas J. Rodman. It was cast at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania in 1862, carries serial number 37, weighs 14,920 . . . — — Map (db m168254) HM
Sacred to the Memory of
the Three Hundred or more
African Americans
Free People, Slaves, and
five Black Governors
Who rest in Unmarked
Graves in Hartford's
Ancient Burying Ground
1640 - 1810
[ back ]
School children in . . . — — Map (db m43803) HM
Scion of the Charter Oak
Planted 19 October 1871 by
First Company Governor's Foot Guard
White Oak (Quercus atba L)
In the earliest days the great oak served both as a council tree and agricultural guide for Native Americans. The annual spring . . . — — Map (db m64924) HM
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
[ tablet on the east tower ]
In Honor
Of The Men Of Hartford
Who Served
And In Memory Of Those Who Fell
On Land And Sea
In The War For The Union
Their Grateful Townsmen
Have Raised This Memorial
[ tablet on the west . . . — — Map (db m52254) HM
This tablet commemorates the historic first meeting of General George Washington and General Comte de Rochambeau, commander-in-chief of the French army in America, which took place September 20, 1780.
On that occasion and in a subsequent meeting . . . — — Map (db m52914) HM
In 1636
The Church in Newtown, Massachusetts
Thomas Hooker, Minister
was transplanted to this locality, called
Meeting House Yard,
Old State House Square
City Hall Square.
Near this site on May 31, 1638.
Thomas Hooker preached his . . . — — Map (db m52695) HM
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
In June 1636, about one hundred members of Thomas Hooker's congregation arrived safely in this vicinity. With one hundred and sixty cattle, they had followed old Indian trails from the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the Connecticut River to build a . . . — — Map (db m52557) HM
The Tower Clock
Was Given in Memory Of
Horace John Wickham
1836 – 1914
By His Son
Clarence Horace Wickham
1919
Perpetual care and replacement
provided for by endowment — — Map (db m52696) HM
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
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