Connecticut Freedom Trail

The Connecticut Freedom Trail documents and designates sites that embody the struggle toward freedom and human dignity, celebrate the accomplishments of the state’s African American community and promote heritage tourism. The Trail officially opened in September 1996, and as of fall 2010, there are more than 130 sites in more than 50 towns, and the Trail continues to grow. 

Hartford is proud to have eighteen sites on the Freedom Trail:

African American Memorial
Ancient Burying Grounds
60 Gold Street (Main & Gold Streets, adjacent to Center Church)

Amistad Center for Art & Culture
Wadsworth Atheneum
600 Main Street

Boce W. Barlow, Jr. House
31 Canterbury Street (private home not open to the public)
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Faith Congregational Church
(Talcott Street Congregational)
(Windsor Avenue Congregational Church)
2030 Main Street
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Dr. Frank T. Simpson House
27 Keney Terrace (private home not open to the public)
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Freedom Trail Quilts
Museum of Connecticut History
Connecticut State Library
231 Capitol Avenue

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
77 Forest Street

Lemuel R. Custis Gravesite
Cedar Hill Cemetery
453 Fairfield Avenue

Marietta Canty House
 61 Mahl Avenue (private home not open to the public)
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Mark Twain House
351 Farmington Avenue
A National Historic Landmark

Mary Townsend Seymour Gravesite
Old North Cemetery
1821 Main Street

Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church
2051 Main Street
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Old North Cemetery
1821 Main Street
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Old State House
800 Main Street
A National Historic Landmark

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
Bushnell Park
Trinity Street
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Spring Grove Cemetery
2035 Main Street
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Union Baptist Church
1921 Main Street
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Wilfred X. Johnson House
 206 Tower Avenue (private home not open to the public)
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places