Pope Park in Hartford, Connecticut is a public park, originally landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers. Hartford is the capital of the state of Connecticut, in Hartford County. ... The Olmsted Brothers company was an extremely influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by step-brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. ...
The Park was donated to the City in 1895 by Colonel Albert Augustus Pope for use of his employees and city residents. Colonel Pope was founder of the Pope Manufacturing Company, which built both automobiles and bicycles, including the popular Columbia bicycle. The park was landscaped by the renowned Olmsted Brothers design firm in 1898. Pope, Albert Augustus US industrialist (lived 1843 -1909) _ sometimes called Colonel Pope _ founded a successful cycle manufacturing group in 1879. ... The Olmsted Brothers company was an extremely influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by step-brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. ...
In its original form, the park consisted of 90.5 acres (366,000 m²) laid out in 3 sections. Today it contains athletic fields and a recreation center, in addition to its original pond and grass lawns.
Hartford is the capital of the state of Connecticut, in Hartford County.
Hartford is bordered by the towns of West Hartford, Newington, Wethersfield, East Hartford, Bloomfield and Windsor.
Hartford is the home of several institutions such as the Hartford Conservatory, Hartt School of Music, Trinity College, the Institute of Living, The American School for the Deaf, Capital Community College, Hartford Seminary, the University of Hartford, the University of Connecticut Law School, and the University of Connecticut School of Business.
Near the Capitol, at the approach of the memorial bridge across the Park river, is the Soldiers and Sailors memorial arch, designed by George Keller and erected by the city in 1885 in memory of the Hartford soldiers and sailors who served in the American Civil War.
The Hartford grammar school, founded in 1638, long managed by the town and in 1847 merged with the classical department of the Hartford public high school, is the oldest educational institution in the state.
During the 18th century Hartford enjoyed a large and lucrative commerce, but the railway development of the I9th century centralized commerce in New York and Boston, and consequently the principal source of the citys wealth has come to be manufacturing and insurance.
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