Columbus Green

Columbus Green is a park in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut which is located on Lafayette Street. Columbus Green is situated nearby to the neighborhood Elm Street Historic District, as well as near Jefferson-Seymour District.

Type: Park
Description: park in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America
Also known as: “Lafayette Square” and “Saukiag Green”
Address: 1 Lafayette Street, Hartford, CT 06106

Places of Interest

Highlights include Connecticut State Capitol and The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.

Connecticut State Capitol

Town hall

Photo: jglazer75, CC BY 2.0.

The Connecticut State Capitol is located north of Capitol Avenue and south of Bushnell Park in Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. The building houses the Connecticut General Assembly; the upper house, the State Senate, and lower house, the House of Representatives, as well as the office of the Governor of the State of Connecticut.

The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Theater building

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue at 166 Capitol Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Managed by a non-profit organization, it is marketed as Connecticut's premier presenter of the performing arts.

State Arsenal and Armory

Military installation

Photo: Prakashkumar014, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The State Arsenal and Armory, formally the Governor William A. O'Neill State Armory and informally the Connecticut State Armory, is a historic military facility at 360 Broad Street in Hartford, Connecticut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elm Street Historic District and Jefferson-Seymour District.

Elm Street Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Elm Street Historic District encompasses a collection of architecturally distinguished institutional and residential buildings near the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut.

Jefferson-Seymour District

Neighborhood

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Jefferson-Seymour District is a historic district encompassing a residential area on the South Side of Hartford, Connecticut. Covering portions of Cedar, Wadsworth, Seymour and Jefferson Streets, it contains a well-preserved collection of late 19th and early 20th-century middle-class residential architecture, primarily executed in brick.

Frog Hollow

Neighborhood

Frog Hollow is one of the neighborhoods of Hartford, Connecticut. It is a predominantly residential area, bounded on the north by Capitol Avenue, the east by Lafayette Street, the south by Madison and Hamilton Streets, and on the west by Interstate 84.

Columbus Green

Category: recreation area
Location: Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.76162° or 41° 45′ 42″ north

Longitude

-72.68224° or 72° 40′ 56″ west

Elevation

102 feet (31 metres)

Operator

Hartford

Open location code

87H9Q869+J4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1021669553

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

5284362

Wikidata ID

Q31815452

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Columbus Green” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Columbus Green”

Localities in the Area

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