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Connecticut State Capitol in Bushnell
Park to the public art museum,
Wadsworth Atheneum (see p41),
founded in 1842. Hartford was also
a hotbed of 19thcentury publishing
and writing. The Mark Twain House
(see p45), where America’s greatest
yarnspinner and frontier humorist
enjoyed a later life of middleclass
comfort, and the GothicRevivalstyle
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center (see
p98) next door underscore the city’s
Roses in Elizabeth Park, Hartford literary promi nence. Smell the roses
– more than 800 varieties of them –
Hartford
1 in Elizabeth Park, whose rose garden
was created in 1904 (see p98).
MAP C4
As the state capital, Hartford has
New Haven
many grand buildings and institu 2
tions, from the VictorianGothic MAP C5 • Yale Peabody
Museum of Natural History: 170
AREA MAP OF CONNECTICUT Whitney Ave; 203 432 5050; open
10am–5pm Tue–Sat, noon–5pm Sun;
Southbridge
MASSACHUSE T TSMASSACHUSE T TS Southbridge adm; www.yale.edu/peabody
WebsterWebster Since the Collegiate School moved to
Woodstock
Enfield Woodstock 395 395 town in 1716, town and gown have
Enfield
Stafford
202 202 190 190 Stafford
Springs
BradleyBradley Springs been inextricably linked in New Haven.
Granby
Granby
Windsor Locks
Windsor Locks 44 44 Collections at the Yale University Art
Putnam
Vernon
Vernon 84 84 Putnam Museums (see p42) and the Yale
Simsbury Peabody Museum of Natural History
Simsbury
WindsorWindsor Storrs Quiet
Quiet
Storrs
Danielson
Avon Avon Corner Danielson put larger cities to shame. The town’s
Corner
Manchester
44 44 Manchester 44 44 culinary legacy includes the legen
Brook
Coven
22 miles22 miles Litchfield HillsLitchfield Hills Litchfield West HartfordWest Hartford Coventrytry Brooklynlyn dary pizzas of Frank Pepe (see p101).
Litchfield
Hartford
22 22 Hartford
Farmingt
Kent Kent Farmingtonon 84 84 6 6 Canterbury
Canterbury
Willimantic
Bristol
Moosup
Wethersfield
LakeLake New New 202 202 6 6 Bristol Wethersfield 66 66 Willimantic Moosup
Prest
Newingt
WaramaugWaramaug Prestonon Plainville Newingtonon Lebanon
Lebanon
Plainville
Thomast
Rocky
Jew
WingdaleWingdale Thomastonon Rocky 2 2 Jewettett
Bethlehem New New Hill Hill City City
Bethlehem
Southingt
7 7 Southingtonon Britain
Britain
Colchester
NE WNE W Waterbury 691 691 Middletown Colchester 395 395
Middletown
Waterbury
Norwich
Y ORKY ORK New New Woodbury 6 6 2 2 Norwich
Woodbury
Meriden
Meriden
STATESTATE Milford 84 84 C ONNEC TICUTC ONNEC TICUT
Milford
Candlewood
Candlewood East Haddam 11 11
East Haddam
Naugatuck
Shores
Shores Southbury Naugatuck Wallingford 95 95
Wallingford
Southbury
Uncasville
CarmelCarmel Sandy 15 15 9 9 Uncasville Thames Thames
Sandy
Hook 8 8 Chester New New
Hook
Chester
Hamden
6 6 Housatonic Hamden 95 95 London Mystic Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
London
Mystic
North
Danbury
Danbury North 80 80 1 1
Haven
New Hav
84 84 New Havenen Haven Ivorytonon Essex Wethersfield
Housatonic
Essex
Ivoryt
202 202 3
25 25
Grot
Stoningt
Old Lyme
7 7 95 95 Old Lyme Grotonon Stoningtonon MAP C4
Branford
Ridgefield
Ridgefield Branford Lower The epitome of Colonial and Federal
Lower
Trumbull
Connecticut
West Haven
Trumbull West Haven East East Clintonon Connecticut FishersFishers style, the center of Old Wethersfield
Clint
Guilford
IslandIsland
Haven
Bridgeport Haven Guilford HammonassetHammonasset River River
Bridgeport
Milford
Midcoast
Mount KiscoMount Kisco Milford Midcoast Beach Beach has a genteel grace that belies its
Beaches
Wiltonon Stratford Beaches early history as a frontier community
Wilt
Stratford
684 684 1 1 beleaguered by Indian attacks. The
Fairfield
15 15 Norwalkalk Fairfield GardinersGardiners Montauk distinctive architecture lining the
Norw
IslandIsland
Montauk
NE W Y ORK
Stamford 95 95 NE W Y ORK Point Point community’s broad streets and the
Stamford
STA
Cos C
Cos Cobob STATE TE weathered headstones of its ceme
Long IslandLong Island SagSag 0 km0 km 15 15
Gold CoastGold Coast HarborHarbor tery make Old Wethersfield a great
Greenwich
Greenwich
0 miles0 miles 15 15 destination for Colonial history buffs.
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