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Capen-Clark Historic District

The Capen-Clark Historic District encompasses a residential neighborhood area in the North End of . Centered on Capen Street between Main and Enfield Streets, it contains a cross-section of post-Civil War Victorian vernacular housing styles, and shows in its development patterns the ebb and flow of the city's economy between about 1865 and 1910.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: historic district in Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  • Also known as: “Capen–Clark Historic District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Spring Grove Cemetery and Windsor Avenue Congregational Church.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery on Main Street in the Clay-Arsenal neighborhood of . Established in 1845, it is one of the city's oldest cemeteries, and its first private non-sectarian cemetery.

Church
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Faith Congregational Church is a historic church at 2030 Main Street in . The brick Romanesque Revival-style church building, completed in 1872, now houses Faith Congregational Church, whose lineage includes the city's oldest African-American congregation, established in 1819.

Church
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The is a historic Methodist Episcopal Church at 2051 Main Street in , . This High Victorian Gothic structure was built in 1873-74 for an Episcopal congregation, and has since 1926 been the home to the city's oldest African-American congregation, which was established in 1833.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Widows’ Home and Clay Hill Historic District.

Locality
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The Widows' Home is a historic social service facility at 1846-1860 North Main Street in . Built in 1864–65, its buildings are among the oldest in the city's North End, and a rare surviving example of a mid-19th-century facility for indigent women.

Neighborhood
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The in is a 60-acre historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and expanded in 1984.

Neighborhood
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The , many now known as the Horace Bushnell Apartments, are a historic collection of residential apartment blocks at 4-48 Vine Street in .

Capen-Clark Historic District

Latitude
41.78538° or 41° 47′ 7″ north
Longitude
-72.67926° or 72° 40′ 45″ west
Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)
Open location code
87H9Q8PC+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 359287866
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­district
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5283464
Wiki­data ID
Q30623001
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to French—“Capen-Clark Historic District” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

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