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Bushnell Park

Bushnell Park is an urban arboretum of rare and native trees, including unusual ones like the Japanese Pagoda, Chinese Toon (or Chinese Mahogany), Gingko, Eucommia and Baldcypress, as well as more common varieties of Maple, Oak and Ash. Highlights include: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Corning Fountain, The Carousel, Pumphouse Gallery, Spanish American War Memorial, Horace Wells Statue, Israel Putnam Statue, The Pond, State Capitol Building, Performance Pavilion.

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Location	PO Box 31173 Hartford Connecticut 06103
Phone	860-246-7739
Information	860-249-2201
Website	http://www.bushnellpark.org/ ... Council voted unanimously in November to spend public funds--$105,000-to buy the land that was to become Bushnell Park. After a brief but stormy debate, the citizens of Hartford approved this expenditure on Jan. 5, 1854, by a vote of 1,687 to 683. It was the first municipal park in the nation to be conceived, built and paid for by citizens ...