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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1989.169.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
City of Hartford Map of 4th Ward
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1989.169.0 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

City of Hartford Map of 4th Ward

Surveyor (American, 1834 - 1911)
Surveyor (American, about 1823 - 1878)
Date1869
MediumLithograph; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 21 1/2 x 36 5/8in. (54.6 x 93cm)
Sheet (height x width): 23 1/2 x 37 1/2in. (59.7 x 95.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionMap of the Fourth Ward of Hartford, Connecticut, from Charter Oak Avenue to the north, the Connecticut River to the east, Bond Street to the south, and the South Fork of the Park River to the west. Streets are labeled, and land lots are denoted and include the names of some lot owners as well as the location and general shape of buildings on the lots. Notable landowners include Solomon Porter and Samuel Colt. Colt's Fire Arms Manufactory is located in the northeast corner. Parks and green spaces include Zion Hill Cemetery, Barnard's Cemetery, the old cemetery and South park. In the center of the ward is the space that housed the Retreat for the Insane (now the Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital), two bowling alleys, and a museum. The Hartford and Wethersfield Horse Railroad runs north-south through the ward.
Object number1989.169.0
NotesCartographic Note: No scale Constituent Note: Seth Marsh and Hiram G. Loomis were two of the most important surveyors in the city of Hartford, Connecticut in the middle of the nineteenth century. Seth Marsh was for many years the city surveyor.
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