New Haven Green

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historic district public park town square

New Haven Green is a historic 16-acre public park and town square in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, known as the civic and cultural heart of the city.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic district → public park → town square →
adjacentTo	Chapel Street → Church Street → Elm Street → New Haven City Hall → New Haven County Courthouse → Shubert Theatre → Temple Street → Yale University Old Campus →
area	16 acres →
containsCemetery	unmarked colonial-era graves →
coordinateLocation	41.308°N 72.927°W →
country	United States →
dateDesignatedNationalHistoricLandmark	December 30, 1970 →
dateListedOnNRHP	December 30, 1970 →
describedAs	civic heart of New Haven → cultural heart of New Haven →
foundedAs	central town common of New Haven →
hasPart	Center Church on the Green → Trinity Church on the Green → United Church on the Green → flagpole → lawns → trees → walkways → war memorials →
heritageDesignation	U.S. National Historic Landmark → U.S. National Register of Historic Places →
inception	1638 →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Downtown New Haven →
location	New Haven, Connecticut →
maintainedBy	Committee of the Proprietors of Common and Undivided Lands in New Haven →
NRHPReferenceNumber	71000909 →
originalUse	burying ground → grazing land → marketplace → militia training ground →
ownedBy	Committee of the Proprietors of Common and Undivided Lands in New Haven →
partOf	Nine Square Plan of New Haven →
significantEvent	site of concerts and festivals → site of political demonstrations → site of public rallies →
use	civic events → cultural events → public demonstrations → public recreation → religious gatherings →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
High Street (New Haven) → New Haven City Hall →	locatedNear
Center Church on the Green → Trinity Church on the Green →	locatedOn
Center Church on the Green ("New Haven Green Historic District") → New Haven Green ("Nine Square Plan of New Haven") →	partOf
Yale University campus →	adjacentTo
Committee of the Proprietors of Common and Undivided Lands in New Haven ("New Haven Green Historic District") →	associatedWith
Center Church on the Green →	category
New Haven, Connecticut →	hasLandmark
College Street (New Haven) →	hasNearbyLandmark
New Haven, Connecticut ("Downtown New Haven") →	hasNeighborhood
High Street (New Haven) ("downtown New Haven") →	hasUrbanContext
Trinity Church on the Green →	isLandmarkOf
Committee of the Proprietors of Common and Undivided Lands in New Haven →	isOwnerOf
New Haven, Connecticut ("the New Haven Green") →	knownFor
New Haven Green ("Downtown New Haven") →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Committee of the Proprietors of Common and Undivided Lands in New Haven →	manages
Elm Street (New Haven) →	near
Committee of the Proprietors of Common and Undivided Lands in New Haven ("downtown New Haven") →	operatesIn
International Festival of Arts & Ideas →	primaryVenue