Bushnell Park
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Bushnell Park in Hartford, Connecticut is the oldest publicly funded park in the United States. It was designed by Jacob Weidenmann to replace tanneries and garbage dumps along the Park River on the edge of downtown Hartford. The park has grown considerably since it was created in 1861. The distinctive Soldiers and Sailors Arch was added and land was used in the extreme south of the park for Connecticut's new state capitol building. In the 1940s the Park River was buried in underground conduits to control flooding, taking a main feature from the park.[1] The Bushnell Park pond was added to return water to the park. Today Bushnell Park is a focal point of downtown Hartford and Connecticut state government.
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