Oxford-Whitney Streets Historic District

The Oxford-Whitney Streets District is a historic district encompassing an early-20th-century residential area in the West End Neighborhood of Hartford, the Capital City of the U.S.

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Type: Neighborhood
Description: historic district in Connecticut, United States
Also known as: “Oxford–Whitney Streets Historic District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include University of Connecticut School of Law and Elizabeth Park.

University of Connecticut School of Law

University

The University of Connecticut School of Law is the law school associated with the University of Connecticut and located in Hartford, Connecticut. It is the only public law school in Connecticut and one of only four in New England.

Elizabeth Park

Park

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Elizabeth Park is a city park located in Hartford and West Hartford, Connecticut. It covers 102 acres and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens and his family from 1874 to 1891. The Clemens family had it designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and built in the America High Gothic style.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West End North Historic District and Sisson-South Whitney Historic District.

West End North Historic District

Neighborhood

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The West End North Historic District encompasses a neighborhood of late 19th and early 20th century residential architecture in western Hartford, Connecticut and eastern West Hartford, Connecticut.

Sisson-South Whitney Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Sisson-South Whitney Historic District encompasses a neighborhood in the West End area of Hartford, Connecticut, that was built out between 1890 and 1930 as a streetcar suburb.

Little Hollywood Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Little Hollywood Historic District encompasses a concentrated collection of apartment buildings built mainly between the world wars in the West End neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut.