Historic City Walk Directions and Parking: 1. City Hall (1861) and Amistad Memorial (1992). High Victorian Depending on your anticipated length of stay in New Haven, Gothic building by Henry Austin which has been incorporated into on-street metered parking through the City is available a larger government building designed by Herbert S. Newman. On the site of the old jail (in front of City Hall) stands the three-sided for 1 to 2 hour intervals during the day until 8 pm. Ample Amistad Memorial sculpted by Ed Hamilton. The sculpture chronicles parking is available at many private or public structures at the Amistad trial from 1839-1842. specified rates per hour. Parking structures are located on 2. U.S. District Court House (1913). Designed by James Gamble Temple Street south of Chapel Street and behind City Hall. Rogers. 3. Exchange Building (1832). New Haven’s first multi-story commercial building built by William Jehiel Forbes. Permitted/Prohibited Activities: 4. Bennett Memorial Fountain (1907). Designed by John Fergerson Weir, this functional monument provided water to both people and Dogs are permitted on New Haven’s city streets on leash. horses before the advent of the automobile. Please bag and pick up all animal waste. 5. WWI Memorial (1929). This flagpole designed by Douglas Orr features carved silhouettes and the names of New Haven soldiers killed in action. 6. State Superior Court (1909). Allen and Williams architects designed this Greco-Roman court house. 7. Public Library (1911). Cass Gilbert designed this brick and marble building. 8. Yale Visitor Center (1767). The oldest private residence in New Haven was built by John Pierpont, grandson of a Yale founder. 9. United Church (1815). Built by David Hoadley, this English-style church united former congregants of the Center Church. 10. Center Church (1815) and New Haven Crypt (1640-1812). Cross The church, designed by Asher Benjamin and built by Ithiel Town, country is the site of the original meeting house. It sits atop the old burial Skiing ground and features a basement crypt. 20,000+ New Haveners are buried here. 11. Trinity Church (1914). Built by Ithiel Town. America’s first Gothic Revival Church. 12. Phelps Gate (1895). Yale’s “front door” that provides entrance to the Old Campus. 13. Connecticut Hall (1750). The oldest building in New Haven is modeled after Harvard’s Massachusett’s Hall. A statue of Revolutionary war hero Nathan Hale is in front. Photo by Arnold Gold 14. Dwight Chapel (1842). Designed by Henry Austin as the original Yale library. 15. Skull and Bones (1856). Oldest of Yale’s “secret societies.” 16. Yale Center for British Art (1974). Louis Kahn’s final work. 17. Women’s Table (1993). Designed by Maya Lin to honor female Yale graduates. 18. Sterling Library (1930). Yale’s main library designed by James Gamble Rogers. 19. Beinecke Rare Book Library (1963). Designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skimore, Owens, and Merril, this translucent marble Total Trails Length: Approx. 0.93 miles library boasts a rare Guttenberg Bible. 20. Book and Snake (1901). Designed by R.H. Robinson, this was the first Yale “secret society” to accept women and minorities. 21. Grove Street Cemetery (1795). Egyptian Revival Entrance by Henry Austin. Resting place of Eli Whitney, Noah Webster, Walter Camp, and Roger Sherman. 22. Woolsey Hall (1901). Designed by Carrere & Hastings, it is home to the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. 23. Scroll and Key (1869). Exotic Moorish temple by Richard Morris Hunt that houses a Yale “secret society.” 24. Farmington Canal Greenway (1835). Former canal and railway converted into a recreational trail. 25. New Haven Museum and Historical Society (1930). This museum by J. Federick Kelley houses many New Haven treasures. Trail Description: Easy Walk The Historic Walking Tour centers around the 18-acre Green, For more information about this historically the center of nine squares of the original New Haven location, contact: boundary. The Green continues to be a tranquil heart of the City City of New Haven and a location for many cultural events. 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