Edgewood (New Haven)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Edgewood Park Historic District
nrhp_type =hd


caption =
location= New Haven, Connecticut
area =
architect= Mitchell,Donald Grant; Et al.
architecture= Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
added = September 09, 1986
governing_body = Private
refnum=86001991 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Edgewood is a neighborhood in the western part of the city of New Haven, Connecticut, officially defined [ [http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/CityPlan/pdfs/Maps/NeighborhoodPlanningMaps/ City of New Haven - Neighborhood Planning Maps] ] by Whalley Avenue on the north, Chapel Street on the south, the West River on the west (the border of Westville), and Sherman Avenue on the east.

The Edgewood neighborhood contains approximately half [ [http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Parks/ParksInformation/edgewoodTour.asp City of New Haven - Edgewood Park Interactive Tour] ] of Edgewood Park, including memorials for the Spanish-American War and the Holocaust. The park's currently layout was designed in 1910 by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr, [ [http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Parks/ParksInformation/edgewoodpark.asp#history City of New Haven - Edgewood Park Early History] ] son of Frederick Law Olmsted, whose many landscape projects also included the National Mall and the Jefferson Memorial.

The main east-west road in the neighborhood is Edgewood Avenue and is served by the Q route of Connecticut Transit New Haven. The main north-south road is Ella Grasso Boulevard (Route 10).

References

External links

* [http://www.nhpt.org/Historic_District_Pages/edgewood_park.html New Haven Preservation Trust] - Edgewood Historic District