New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)

New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)

Yale College
American Scenery,
by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1840

According to the early histories of Yale, a group of ten ministers led by the Reverend James Pierpont of New Haven met in nearby Branford in 1700 to found a college...

In 1718, when wealthy London merchant Elihu Yale—step grandson of Theophilus Eaton, co-founder of the New Haven colony—donated over 400 books, a portrait of King George I, and cloth goods that sold for 562 pounds, the college was named Yale College...
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New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)

The Gothic Church
American Scenery,
by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1840

New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)

East Rock Park, 1898

Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.

East Rock Park was the first park in the municipal parks system of New Haven. It opened in 1880. newhavenmuseum.org

New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)

Phelps Hall, 1898

Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.

Phelp’s Hall, designed to resemble a massive Tudor gatehouse, was built in 1895 as the grand entry to Yale’s Old Campus. historicbuildingsct.com

New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)

Temple Street, 1898

Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.