Coltsville Historic District

Coltsville Historic District - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Coltsville Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Hartford, Connecticut. The district encompasses the factory, worker housing, and owner residences associated with Samuel Colt (1814-1862), one of the nation's early innovators in precision manufacturing and the production of firearms. It was the site of important contributions to manufacturing technology made by Colt and the industrial enterprise he created. Coltsville is a cohesive and readily identifiable area, part of which was originally listed as the Colt Industrial District on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1855
official website: http://www.nps.gov/colt/

Source: en.wikipedia.org