Map of West Middle School District, Hartford
MakerMade by
Unknown
DatePossibly 1871
MediumLithography; black printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 1/8 x 10 5/8in. (28.3 x 27cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 5/8 x 12 1/4in. (34.6 x 31.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.13
DescriptionStreet map of the West Middle School District of Hartford, Connecticut, from Albany Avenue and the city line to the north, the rail road station (Union Station) to the east, the Little River to the south, and Prospect Hill Road to the west. The Hartford and Fishkill and Hartford & New Haven Rail Roads run through the map at the bottom. Several buildings are marked, including the almshouse, Trinity Church, the location of the public school on Flower Street between Asylum and Farmington Avenues, and the proposed site on Sigourney Street between Collins Street and Asylum Avenue.
Label TextThe West Middle School District was organized in 1814 to accomodate twenty-odd pupils from about twenty families residing in the western part of Hartford, Connecticut. The first school was a simple one-room building. By 1854, there were about one hundred children in the district, necessitating the construction of a larger building. By the early 1870s, even this building proved too small for the growing population; a large and striking new school building in the Gothic style was finally completed and dedicated in May 1873.
NotesCartographic Note: Distance from present school house to east line: 90 rods. Distance from present school house to west line: 460 rods. Distance from present school house west to Little River: 270 rods. Distance from proposed site to east line: 166 rods. Distance from proposed site west to Little River: 196 rods.Status
Not on view
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