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West Hill Dr. bounded by Farmington Ave., West Hartford, Connecticut Coordinates 41°45′59″N 72°43′28″W / 41.76639°N 72.72444°W / 41.76639; -72
Location of Hartford in Connecticut This is a list of properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Hartford, Connecticut. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude ...
The 32 properties and districts located in the town of West Hartford include two National Historic Landmarks and are listed below. The properties and districts in the remaining parts of the county are listed separately. Six properties and districts straddle the border between West Hartford and Hartford and appear in both lists.
The Samuel Farnsworth House is located in northwestern West Hartford, on the west side of Mountain Road, a busy local north–south main road. It is set on a rise above the road, the lot fronted by a dry-laid brownstone retaining wall. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure with a front gable roof and central brick chimney. Its front ...
The district also includes areas west of Main Street to the Connecticut River, including properties along Ferry Lane. The district is located directly north of another historic district, Windsor Farms Historic District. The district encompasses a neighborhood of well-preserved largely folk vernacular buildings erected between about 1700 and 1860.
The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum in Hartford, Connecticut.The Wadsworth is noted for its collections of European Baroque art, ancient Egyptian and Classical bronzes, French and American Impressionist paintings, Hudson River School landscapes, modernist masterpieces and contemporary works, as well as collections of early American furniture and decorative arts.
The museum was officially opened in 1988. One floor is dedicated to Wentworth's eccentric collections, which include a mummified cat. The other two floors illustrate and interpret life in the Florida Panhandle over the centuries; some of the artifacts are from Wentworth's collection. The other floors house a science interactive museum for children.
The Signourney Square Historic District encompasses a neighborhood in the Asylum Hill area of Hartford, Connecticut, United States, that was almost entirely built out in a single decade at the end of the 19th century as a middle-class residential area. It is roughly bounded by Garden, Ashley, and Woodland Streets on the east, south, and west ...