Frederick Law Olmsted's 200th: A Hartford Memorial

Commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, Hartford’s native son, with talks at the Isham-Terry House, a tribute at the Keney Clock Tower, and a memorial at Olmsted’s burial site in Old North Cemetery. Speakers include Dr. Don Poland (“Unconscious Influence, Olmsted’s Hartford”) and Bill Hosley (“More than Parks: F. L. Olmsted’s American Vision”).

9:15am        Arrival 

9:30am       Unconscious Influence, Olmsted's Hartford     Dr. Donald Poland

10:35am     More Than Just Parks: Frederick Olmsted's American Journey & Vision     Bill Hosley

11:40am     Keney Clock Tower Tribute

12:15am      Olmsted Burial Site Tribute

This program will begin at the Isham-Terry House, located at 211 High Street in Hartford. Parking is available in the lot at the Public Safety Complex next door. Please use this map for reference. Following the speaker program at Isham-Terry, we will proceed on foot to the Keney Clock Tower and on to Old North Cemetery. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather; this event will proceed rain or shine.

ASLA Connecticut is a sponsor for this program and has a limited number of FREE tickets available to chapter members. By signing up here, you are reserving one of these tickets for yourself. We ask that you kindly notify us immediately if your schedule changes so that we can make your ticket available to a waitlisted member.

If space allows, additional tickets will be available at the door. If you have any questions, please contact Assistant Site Administrator Jana Colacino at butler.mccook@ctlandmarks.org or call 860-247-8996 to have your call directed.

This program is pending approval for 2.5 hours LA CES HSW .