Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Hartford, United States

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 11 km
Ascend 158 m
Descend 143 m

Explore Hartford in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in HartfordIndividual Sights in Hartford

Sight 1: Mark Twain House

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The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens and his family from 1874 to 1891. It was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and built in the American High Gothic style. Clemens biographer Justin Kaplan has called it "part steamboat, part medieval fortress and part cuckoo clock."

Wikipedia: Mark Twain House (EN), Website, Heritage Website

548 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Little Hollywood Historic District

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The Little Hollywood Historic District encompasses a concentrated collection of apartment buildings built mainly between the world wars in the West End neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut. Located on Farmington Avenue and Owen, Frederick, and Denison Streets, they were built primarily to attract single tenants seeking small apartments, a trend that developed after World War I and ended after World War II. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Wikipedia: Little Hollywood Historic District (EN), Heritage Website

1052 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 3: Connecticut Historical Society Museum and Library

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The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History (CMCH), formerly the Connecticut Historical Society, is a private, non-profit organization that serves as the official state historical society of Connecticut. Established in Hartford in 1825, the CMCH is one of the oldest historical societies in the US.

Wikipedia: Connecticut Museum of Culture and History (EN), Website

1086 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 4: Collins and Townley Streets Historic District

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The Collins and Townley Streets District is a historic district encompassing a cluster of mid-to-late 19th-century residences in the Asylum Hill neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut. It includes properties on Collins, Atwood, Willard, and Townley Streets, which range architecturally from the Italianate and Second Empire of the 1860s and 1870s to the Shingle style of the 1890s. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Wikipedia: Collins and Townley Streets District (EN), Heritage Website

999 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 5: Nook Farm and Woodland Street Historic District

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Nook Farm is a historical neighborhood in the Asylum Hill section on the western edge of Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Wikipedia: Nook Farm (Connecticut) (EN), Heritage Website

936 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 6: Harriet Beecher Stowe House

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The Harriet Beecher Stowe House is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 73 Forest Street in Hartford, Connecticut that was once the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Stowe lived in this house for the last 23 years of her life. It was her family's second home in Hartford. The 5,000 sq ft cottage-style house is located adjacent to the Mark Twain House and is open to the public. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and declared a National Historic Landmark in 2013.

Wikipedia: Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Hartford, Connecticut) (EN), Heritage Website

835 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 7: Laurel and Marshall Streets District

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The Laurel and Marshall Streets District is a historic district encompassing a late-19th and early-20th century residential area in the Asylum Hill neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut. Extending along Laurel and Marshall Streets between Niles and Case Streets, its housing stock represents a significant concentration of middle-class Queen Anne architecture in the city. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Wikipedia: Laurel and Marshall Streets District (EN), Heritage Website

877 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 8: Imlay and Laurel Streets District

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The Imlay and Laurel Streets District is a residential historic district on portions of Imlay, Laurel, Hawthorn and Sigourney Streets in Hartford, Connecticut. The area is a densely built residential neighborhood developed between about 1870 and 1895, with predominantly brick Italianate and Queen Anne construction. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Wikipedia: Imlay and Laurel Streets District (EN), Heritage Website

1895 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 9: Sisson–South Whitney Historic District

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The Sisson-South Whitney Historic District encompasses a neighborhood in the West End area of Hartford, Connecticut, that was built out between 1890 and 1930 as a streetcar suburb. It is roughly bounded by Farmington Avenue, South Whitney Street, West Boulevard, and Sisson Avenue, and includes a diversity of residential and commercial architecture, reflective of its initial development and subsequent growth. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Wikipedia: Sisson-South Whitney Historic District (EN), Heritage Website

269 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: West End South Historic District

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The West End South Historic District encompasses a neighborhood of mid 19th to early 20th century residential architecture in western Hartford, Connecticut and eastern West Hartford, Connecticut. Roughly bounded by Prospect and South Whitney Streets, West Boulevard, and Farmington Avenue, the area includes a large number of Colonial Revival and Queen Anne houses, as well as numerous buildings in other period styles, with only a small number of losses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Wikipedia: West End South Historic District (EN), Heritage Website

218 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: West Boulevard Historic District

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The West Boulevard Historic District encompasses a historic residential development on West Boulevard and Rodney Street in the West End of Hartford, Connecticut. The area was developed beginning in 1909, and most of its homes were built by a single construction firm, creating a neighborhood appearance unified by style, scale, and setting, using the principles of the then-fashionable City Beautiful movement. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Wikipedia: West Boulevard Historic District (EN), Heritage Website

1246 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 12: West End North Historic District

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The West End North Historic District encompasses a neighborhood of late 19th and early 20th century residential architecture in western Hartford, Connecticut and eastern West Hartford, Connecticut. Roughly bounded by Prospect, Elizabeth, and Lorraine Streets and Farmington Avenue, the area includes a large number of Colonial Revival and Queen Anne houses, as well as numerous buildings in other period styles, with only a small number of losses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Wikipedia: West End North Historic District (EN), Heritage Website

106 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Oxford–Whitney Streets Historic District

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The Oxford-Whitney Streets District is a historic district encompassing an early-20th century residential area in the West End neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut. It extends along the east side of Oxford Street between Elizabeth and Cone Streets, and along the west side of Whitney between Fern and Elizabeth, and includes the north side of Fern Street between Whitney and Oxford. Most of the housing, a combination of single and multi-family residences, was built between 1906 and 1919, a period later than the surrounding areas, and is predominantly Colonial Revival in character. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

Wikipedia: Oxford-Whitney Streets Historic District (EN), Heritage Website

965 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 14: Elizabeth Park

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Elizabeth Park is a city park located in Hartford and West Hartford, Connecticut. It covers 102 acres and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The park is owned by the City of Hartford, and jointly maintained by the City and the Elizabet Park Conservancy working together.

Wikipedia: Elizabeth Park, Hartford (EN), Heritage Website

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