Starting outside the Koeppel Community Sports Center, at 175 New Britain Ave, you can see this Temple’s Upright Sugar Maple, one of the two Connecticut state Champion trees that are a part of the Trinity College arboretum. You can find a walking tour of the arboretum here. Cross New […]
Start at 333 North Steele Road Suzanne Corkin (née Hammond) was born at Hartford Hospital and was an only child. Dr. Corkin grew up in West Hartford, directly across the street from William Scoville, at 333 North Steele Rd, and was best friends with his daughter, Alison Scoville Dittrich. The two went to school together […]
Start at 193 Arnoldale Road Dr. Fanny Radom (second from left in photo) was born in the Ukraine on December 28, 1878. She came to Hartford in 1893. At the time there were only about 2500 Jews in Hartford. She graduated from the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy and the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. […]
Start at the American School for the Deaf on 139 North Main Street. You can learn more about the American School for the Deaf here in this video from the West Hartford Historical Center. Turn right (south) on North Main Street and continue to Fern Street. Turn right on Fern Street until […]
Roger Sperry once lived at 39 Robin Road. Roger Wolcott Sperry was born August 20, 1913 to Francis Bushnell and Florence Kraemer Sperry. His father died when he was 11 and he moved with his mother and brother to the Elmwood section of West Hartford. His mother became the assistant to the principal […]