Bushnell Park

Bushnell Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Print celebrating completion of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in 1886 by Kellog & Bulkeley print company
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Location	Bounded by Elm, Jewell, and Trinity Sts., Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°45′54″N 72°40′46″W / 41.76500°N 72.67944°W / 41.76500; -72.67944
Area	37 acres (15 ha)
Built	1868
Architect	Weidenmann, Jacob
NRHP reference No.	70000692[1]
Added to NRHP	October 22, 1970

Bushnell Park in Hartford, Connecticut is the oldest publicly funded park in the United States. It was conceived by the Reverend Horace Bushnell in the mid-1850s at a time when the need for open public spaces was just starting to be recognized. Today the park comprises 50 acres (20 ha) of green space, and is visited by over one million people each year.^[2] Paths through the park contribute to the East Coast Greenway.