The Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford stands on College Hill, so named for Trinity College which originally stood on this site which rises above the flood plain of the Park River which originally flowed through what is today Bushnell Park. Qv. The new State Capitol building was designed by architect Richard Upjohn qv. and was completed by 1879. The Capitol project also called for a complex sculptural program recounting episodes in Connecticut history and recognizing its leading citizens from the earliest settlement by Thomas Hooker in 1636 to the soldier-citizens of the American Civil War. The Capitol building with its myriad sculptures is the single largest constellation of public art in Connecticut
The Stops
Starting at stop #1, this Walking tour is .25 miles long.
Select a stop to start the tour and learn more:
- Capitol of the State of Connecticut
- College Hill and the Original Trinity College Campus
- Capitol Sculpture, East Facade: Revolutionary War and the Founding of the Republic
- Capitol Sculpture, North Facade: Early Colonial Connecticut and Founding Fathers
- Capitol Sculpture, West Facade: American Revolutionary Leaders in CT
- Capitol Sculpture, South Wing: Connecticut Heroes of the Civil War Era