New map of Hartford, Connecticut
PublisherPublished by
L. J. Richards & Co.
(American, founded before 1886)
Date1902
MediumLithograph; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 24 3/4 x 32 1/4in. (62.9 x 81.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 26 3/4 x 34in. (67.9 x 86.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.159
DescriptionMap of Hartford, Connecticut, with Keney Park to the north, the Connecticut River to the east, Goodwin Park to the south, and the town line of West Hartford to the west. The city is divided into ten wards, each labeled and colored. Parks and cemeteries are colored green. Concentric circles in half-mile increments radiate out from City Hall. Streets are labeled and numbers inscribed in circles indicate the location of fire boxes. Police patrols are denoted by stars and numbers. The New York, New Haven and Hartford; Philadelphia, Reading and New England; and New England Railroad lines are depicted. A variety of street-railroad lines are also included.
Label TextHartford's Parks are especially prominent in this map, which was printed for the 1902 Municipal Regester. Hartford had good reason to be proud of its park system. Bushnell Park, established in 1854, is the oldest publicly funded municipal park in the nation. Other parks were more recent creations. Keney Park dated only to 1895, and the city had acquired Elizabeth Park as recently as 1897 and it was still under development. What had formerly been known as "South Park" was renamed Goodwin Park in 1901 in honor in the Reverend Francis Goodwin. Colt Park, which was not given to the city until 1905, is notably absent from this map.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 1000 feetStatus
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