This video is about a Bird’s-Eye view of Hartford published in 1877. I talk about 5 interesting things that are depicted in this view: 1) the covered bridge that connected Hartford and East Hartford across the Connecticut River from 1818 until it burned in 1895; 2) the old Post Office building that stood on the lawn of the Old State House from 1873 to 1933; 3) the old Hartford Baseball Grounds where the Hartford Dark Blues played from 1874 to 1876; 4) Dutch Point, where the Park River meets the Connecticut River; and 5) the original grand plan for the campus of Trinity College
The 1877 Bird’s-Eye View of Hartford at the Library of Congress
“Today In Connecticut History” post about the completion of the Bulkeley Bridge in 1908
Historical Society post about the old post office building
Article from Connecticut Explored about the Hartford Dark Blues
Page about the Hartford Baseball Grounds
Article about the Dutch in Hartford
“They Should Stand for Ages” William Burges, Francis Kimball, and Trinity’s Long Walk Buildings
Society of Architectural Historians page about Trinity’s Long Walk