Coltsville Historic District
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Coltsville Historic District
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| Location | Hartford, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°45′13.89″N 72°40′29.03″W / 41.7538583°N 72.6747306°WCoordinates: 41°45′13.89″N 72°40′29.03″W / 41.7538583°N 72.6747306°W |
| Built | 1855 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP Reference # | 66000802 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 13, 1966 |
| Designated NHLD | July 22, 2008 |
Coltsville Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Hartford, Connecticut. The district encompasses the factory, worker housing, and owner residences associated with Samuel Colt (1814-1862), one of the nation's early innovators in precision manufacturing and the production of firearms. It was the site of important contributions to manufacturing technology made by Colt and the industrial enterprise he created. Coltsville is a cohesive and readily identifiable 260-acre (110 ha) area, part of which was originally listed as the Colt Industrial District on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2008.
After a two decade-long campaign to designate the area as an official National Historic Park, President Barack Obama signed a bill authorizing the Coltsville National Historic Park. The federal authorization lay the groundwork for a "new type of National Park," characterized by a small staff, modest property ownership by the National Park Service and dependence on community partnerships. James Woolsey, the parks service administrator charged with opening the new park, said in June 2015 that the park could be open as soon as the end of the year.
The Coltsville District is a large area south of downtown Hartford, bounded on the north by Wyllys and Charter Oak Avenues, on the east by Van Dyke Avenue and the Connecticut River, on the south by Warwarme Avenue, and on the west by Wethersfield Avenue. The district encompasses the entire community planned around the Colt Armory, including Armsmear, tenement housing and community facilities such as the Church of the Good Shepherd and Hartford's Colt Park.
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