Sheldon-Charter Oak

Hartford

Underneath that blue dome lies the east armory of a factory once owned by a man who changed American history, the innovator of the revolver, Samuel Colt. Sprawling around the crumbling red brickwork of the old Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, once the largest private armory in the world, are the remnants of Coltsville, the utopian village he built for his workers. A model of 19th century industrial paternalism, Coltsville included a church, a social hall for dances and lectures, workers’ housing, a giant landscaped park home to deer and peacocks, sculpted botanical gardens, and thousands of feet of greenhouses filled with tropical fruit and flowers. Samuel Colt felt such responsibility for the welfare of his workers outside the factory that he went so far as to build Potsdam Village, to replicate the feel of the German village from which he imported his skilled craftsmen to work in his willow ware factory. The National Park Service began having on-site presence in 2015, with workshops and tours, including up into the Blue Onion Dome which affords magnificent views of downtown Hartford, the Connecticut River and Colt Park, formerly the back yard of Armsmear, Samuel & Elizabeth Colt’s mansion. By 2016, an NPS ranger had taken up residence in the South Armory and was giving walking tours of Coltsville. The old South, East and North armories are under renovation and the two 1855 brownstone buildings, the oldest structures on site, will become the National Park Service Visitor Center. The armories themselves have been or are being renovated into apartments, offices and education facilities.
Underneath that blue dome lies the east armory of a factory once owned by a man who changed American history, the innovator of the revolver, Samuel Colt. Sprawling around the crumbling red brickwork of the old Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, once the largest private armory in the world, are the remnants of Coltsville, the utopian village he built for his workers. A model of 19th century industrial paternalism, Coltsville included a church, a social hall for dances and lectures, workers’ housing, a giant landscaped park home to deer and peacocks, sculpted botanical gardens, and thousands of feet of greenhouses filled with tropical fruit and flowers. Samuel Colt felt such responsibility for the welfare of his workers outside the factory that he went so far as to build Potsdam Village, to replicate the feel of the German village from which he imported his skilled craftsmen to work in his willow ware factory. The National Park Service began having on-site presence in 2015, with workshops and tours, including up into the Blue Onion Dome which affords magnificent views of downtown Hartford, the Connecticut River and Colt Park, formerly the back yard of Armsmear, Samuel & Elizabeth Colt’s mansion. By 2016, an NPS ranger had taken up residence in the South Armory and was giving walking tours of Coltsville. The old South, East and North armories are under renovation and the two 1855 brownstone buildings, the oldest structures on site, will become the National Park Service Visitor Center. The armories themselves have been or are being renovated into apartments, offices and education facilities.

Beliebte Attraktionen

Trinity College

Trinity College

Bei einer Reise nach Hartford bietet sich auch ein Spaziergang über den Campus von Trinity College an. Lern die großartige Livemusik-Szene und das Unterhaltungsangebot der Gegend kennen.

Trinity College
Connecticut Science Center

Connecticut Science Center (Museum)

Lassen Sie die Schulbücher getrost zu Hause. In diesem interaktiven Museum in Hartford lernen die Besucher wissenschaftliche Phänomene spielend, forschend und erfinderisch kennen.

Connecticut Science Center (Museum)
Mark Twain House

Mark Twain House

Besuchen Sie das Haus von Mark Twain in Hartford und verschaffen Sie sich einen Eindruck davon, wie er gelebt hat. Das angrenzende Museum bietet weitere interessante Einblicke.

Mark Twain House
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Während Sie einer Aufführung oder einem Konzert in diesem traditionsreichen Gebäude beiwohnen, können Sie eine der größten Deckenmalereien in den USA bewundern.

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Bushnell Park

Bushnell Park

Entspannen Sie in diesem Park am Ufer des Teichs oder fahren Sie mit dem historischen Karussell. Der Park im Herzen von Hartford ist einer der ältesten mit öffentlichen Mitteln finanzierten Parks Amerikas.

Bushnell Park
The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum located in Hartford, Connecticut.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford bietet nicht nur interessante Ausstellungsstücke, sondern verfügt auch über eine eigene lange Geschichte. Lern die Theaterszene und die großartige Livemusik-Szene der Gegend kennen.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Weitere Gegenden von Sheldon-Charter Oak

South Green

South Green

Auch wenn South Green nicht viele Top-Sehenswürdigkeiten beherbergt, sind Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts und Hartford City Hall doch bemerkenswerte Attraktionen in der Nähe, die du dir nicht entgehen lassen solltest.

South Green
Connecticut Science Center

Downtown

Einzigartige Highlights von Downtown sind seine Theaterszene und seine Livemusik. Besuch während deiner Erkundungstour in der Gegend auch Hartford Stage oder Dunkin' Donuts Park.

Downtown
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Barry Square

Während deines Besuchs in Barry Square solltest du Sehenswürdigkeiten wie Webster Theater und Assaiante Tennis Center einen Besuch abstatten.

Barry Square
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South Meadows

Reisende mögen an South Meadows unter anderem seine Kaffeehäuser und seine Fischrestaurants. Ein Abstecher zu Connecticut River ist ebenfalls empfehlenswert, wenn du Zeit hast, die Gegend zu erkunden.

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Froschhöhle

In Froschhöhle mag es zwar nicht viele Top-Attraktionen geben, du kannst jedoch die weitere Umgebung erkunden und Orte wie Connecticut State Capital und Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts entdecken.

Froschhöhle
Pyramid memorial to Mark Howard

South End

In South End mag es zwar nicht viele Top-Attraktionen geben, du kannst jedoch die weitere Umgebung erkunden und Orte wie Webster Theater und Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts entdecken.

South End

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