BUCKINGHAM SQUARE IS A 19TH CENTURY URBAN ENSEMBLE WHOSE
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND TOWNHOUSES ARE IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF THE
ITALIANATE, HIGH VICTORIAN AND RICHARDSONIAN STYLES. THE DISTRICT
IS SITUATED IN ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC SECTIONS OF HARTFORD, AND
PRESERVES A MOMENT OF THE CITYS 19TH CENTURY URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
MAIN AND BUCKINGHAM STREETS WERE LAID OUT IN THE ORIGINAL
SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN; A MAP OF 1640 SHOWS A NUMBER OF HOUSES IN
THE AREA, WHICH WAS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE LITTLE (OR PARK)
RIVER. IT WAS AT THE INTERSECTION OF THESE TWO HIGHWAYS THAT IN
1670 A DISSENTING GROUP FROM THE FIRST CHURCH PUT UP A
MEETINGHOUSE; UNTIL 1827, THEIR MEETINGHOUSE STOOD IN THE CENTER OF
THE PRESENT BUCKINGHAM STREET AND EXTENDED OUT INTO MAIN STREET.
WHEN THE PRESENT CHURCH BUILDING WAS ERECTED ON A SITE FURTHER
SOUTH, THE OLD SITE WAS LAID OUT AS A PARK. THIS PARK NOW KNOWN AS
BUCKINGHAM SQUARE, WAS APPPROVED BY TOWN MEETING IN 1830.
BUCKINGHAM STREET WAS NAMED AFTER JOSEPH BUCKINGHAM, TREASURER OF
THE COLONY, AND SON OF THE SECOND PASTOR OF THE SECOND CHURCH.
BUCKINGHAM SQUARE IS UNIQUE IN HARTFORD: A 19TH CENTURY URBAN
NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLETE WITH PRIVATE HOUSES AND COMMERICAL BLOCKS.
WITHIN ITS BORDERS ARE REVEALED THE TASTES OF THREE PAST
GENERATIONS, WHILE SURROUNDING IT ARE ACTIVE CONTEMPORARY
INSTITUTIONS.
RESIDENCES 2ND MEETING HOUSE STREET NAMED FOR JOSEPH BUCKINGHAM,
TREASURER OF THE COLONY PARK LAID OUT TOWNHOUSES BUILT-JAMES COLT
LIVED HERE BENCHES REMOVED BECAUSE THE PARK HAD BECOME A LOAFING
SPOT FOR UNDESIRABLES AREA BECAME A NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC
DISTRICT
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EVERGREEN HEDGE
BRICK PILLARS (3)REFURBISH ORNAMENTAL FENCE/GATES
FUTURE PUBLICART
PAVER BANDS
GRANITE SEATWALL
PAVER BANDS
BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT
PEDESTALS WITHINTERPRETIVE PLAQUES
REFURBISH HISTORICFENCE ALONG ROAD
ORNAMENTAL FENCE
CONCRETE PAVEMENT
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PRUNE & FERTILIZEEXISTING TREES
TRASH RECEPTACLE
MULCH
CONCRETE PAVEMENT
4' HIGH DECORATIVECONCRETE WALL
(2) SPOT LIGHTS ONBUILDING WALL
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