Tags: Connecticut Willington Willington Rest Area
Tags: Connecticut Willington Willington Rest Area
Dedicated in 1892, and donated by the nited Italian Societies, this bronze statue of Christopher Columbus holds a globe on his left hand. The inscription on the granite stone pedestral reads:
A
CRISTOFORO COLOMBO
GL'ITALIANI
DI
NEW HAVEN
1892
The statue was recast in 1955, and in 1992, it received a memorial stone dedicated by the Greater New Haven Columbus Day Committee. The statue is the site of the annual wreath-laying on Columbus Day.
National Register #71000914 (1971)
Tags: Connecticut Little Italy New Haven CT italian wooster square statue sculpture monument columbus wooster square historic district landmark cristofo colombo Christopher Columbus National Register of Historic Places NRHP U.S. National Register of Historic Places historic district U.S. Historic District