Claimed to be the oldest publicly funded park in the United States, and part of the East Coast Greenway. The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch commemorates Civil War combatants. Other points of interest include the Corning Fountain, carousel, and Spanish-American War memorial. Reverend Horace Bushnell conceived the park, and asked Hartford native Frederick Law Olmsted to design it. Alas, Olmsted was busy working on New York’s Central Park and Springfield, Massachusetts’ Forest Park; he recommended Jacob Weidenmann.
- Name: Bushnell Park
- Location: Elm/Jewel/Trinity Streets
- Year Completed: 1868
- Architect: Jacob Weidenmann
- Wikipedia: Bushnell Park
- Google Map
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Bushnell Park Carousel, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut commemorates those who fought in the American Civil War.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut commemorates those who fought in the American Civil War.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut commemorates those who fought in the American Civil War.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut commemorates those who fought in the American Civil War.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Detail from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, an American Civil War memorial in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut commemorates those who fought in the American Civil War.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut commemorates those who fought in the American Civil War.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut commemorates those who fought in the American Civil War.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut commemorates those who fought in the American Civil War.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut commemorates those who fought in the American Civil War.
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Corning Fountain, Bushnell Park, Hartford CT
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Corning Fountain, Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut, with the State Capitol in the background.
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Corning Fountain, Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut, with the State Capitol in the background.
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Corning Fountain, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Corning Fountain, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Corning Fountain, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Black Lives Matter, Trinity Street, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Black Lives Matter, Trinity Street, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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Spanish American War Memorial, Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
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