Farnam Memorial Gardens

Farnam Memorial Gardens is a park in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Farnam Memorial Gardens is situated nearby to the neighborhood Prospect Hill Historic District, as well as near Hillhouse Avenue.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Marsh Hall.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Library

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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts.

Marsh Hall

University building

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Marsh Hall, historically known as the Othniel C. Marsh House, is a historic house on Prospect Hill in New Haven, Connecticut. The property, which includes the house and a 6.8 acres grounds now known as Marsh Botanical Garden, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.

Betts House

University building

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Betts House, also known as the John M. Davies House or Davies Mansion, is a mansion owned by Yale University in the Prospect Hill Historic District of New Haven, Connecticut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prospect Hill Historic District and Prospect Hill.

Prospect Hill Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Prospect Hill Historic District is an irregularly-shaped 185-acre historic district in New Haven, Connecticut. The district encompasses most of the residential portion of the Prospect Hill neighborhood.

Prospect Hill

Neighborhood

Prospect Hill is a neighborhood of the city of New Haven, Connecticut located in the north central portion of the city, directly north of Downtown New Haven.

Hillhouse Avenue

Neighborhood

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Hillhouse Avenue is a Street in New Haven, Connecticut, famous for its many nineteenth century mansions, including the president's house at Yale University.

Farnam Memorial Gardens

Type: Park
Location: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.32093° or 41° 19′ 15″ north

Longitude

-72.92232° or 72° 55′ 20″ west

Elevation

135 feet (41 metres)

Open location code

87H983CH+93

GeoNames ID

4834281

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Marsh Botanical Gardens and Peabody Museum of Natural History.

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