Magrisso Forte

The Hill

Including the City Point Neighborhood

The Hill Neighborhood in the Southern part of New Haven was named for a rise in the land. Originally dubbed Mount Pleasant, its name was soon changed to Sodom Hill due to the increasing number of tanneries and surround slums. Much of The Hill was left open for pasture although it experienced early residential development. City Point, the neighborhood's souther terminous used to be a peninsila. It was first named Oyster Point, due to it's early oyster harvesting industry. The Hill was the city's most populous neighborhood and was the center social unrest in the 1960s-70s.
Washington Ave & Congress Ave Seamless Rubber Co 291 Howard Ave Howard Ave & Fourth St Howard Ave & South Water St
Washington & Congress Avenues c1975 69 Daggett Street, Seamless Rubber Co. c1895 291 Howard Avenue, Henry Fresenius House c1895 Howard Avenue & Forth Street c1930 Howard Avenue & South Water Street October 9, 1943
Howard Ave & South Water St Howard Ave & South Water St Howard Ave & South Water St Jeremiah Smith & Sons Evergreen Cemetery
Howard Avenue & South Water Street November 9, 1947 Howard Avenue & South Water Street November 9, 1947 Howard Avenue & South Water Street November 9, 1947 South Water Street, Jeremiah Smith & Sons c1890 Mortuary Chamber, Evergreen Cemetery c1880
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Congress Ave & Liberty St Congress Ave & Liberty St Congress Ave & Howard Ave Congress Ave & Vernon St Congress Ave & White St
Congress Avenue & Liberty Street c1925 Congress Avenue & Liberty Street c1925 Congress & Howard Avenues c1945 Congress Avenue & Vernon Street c1925 Congress Avenue & White Street c1920
Congress Ave & West St Congress Ave & Columbus Ave Congress Ave & Boulevard Congress Ave & Boulevard Union Ave & Putnam St
Congress Avenue & West Street c1930 Congress & Columbus Avenue c1960 Congress Avenue & Boulevard c1920 Congress Avenue & Boulevard c1925 Union Avenue & Putnam Street c1945
Spring St & Cedar St Spring St & Cedar St Carlisle St & Cedar St Howard Ave & Congress Ave Howard Ave & Washington Ave
Spring & Cedar Streets c1930 Spring & Cedar Streets May 1931 Carlisle & Cedar Streets c1921 Howard & Congress Avenues c1950 Howard & Washington Avenues c1925
Howard Ave & Kimberly Ave Kimberly Ave & Howard Ave Kimberly Ave & Howard Ave Kimberly Ave & Lamberton St Lamberton St & Kimberly Ave
Howard & Kimberly Avenues July 1933 Kimberly & Howard Avenues c1930 Kimberly & Howard Avenues c1920 Kimberly Avenue & Lamberton Street c1930 Lamberton Street & Kimberly Avenue c1925
Kimberly Ave & Grant St Kimberly Ave & Grant St Kimberly Ave & Grant St Kimberly Ave Kimberly Ave
Kimberly Avenue & Grant Street c1925 Kimberly Avenue & Grant Street c1925 Kimberly Avenue & Grant Street c1920 Kimberly Avenue at the West River c1918 Kimberly Avenue at the West River c1925
Kimberly Ave        
Kimberly Avenue at the West River c1925        
Joseph Taylor Collection
Rosette St School Howard Ave & Kimberly Ave 143 Kimberly Ave West River West River
Rosette Street School, Rosette & Dewitt Streets c1900 Howard & Kimberly Avenues c1910 143 Kimberly Avenue c1910 Kimberly Avenue Bridge at the West River, taken by H. M. Howard July 13, 1904 Kimberly Avenue Bridge at the West River, taken by H. M. Howard 1905
77 Ward St St John's Episcopal Church Church of the Ascention Evergreen Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery
77 Ward Street c1880 Davenport Avenue & Ward Street, St. John's Episcopal Church with soldiers from the Connecticut 1st Regiment Civil War Volunteers marching. Photographed by Major Moulthrop c1865 Davenport Avenue & Ward Street, Church of the Ascention 1893 Winthrop Avenue Gate, Evergreen Cemetary, c1900 Fire Memorial, Evergreen Cemetary, c1890
Howard Ave & Congress Ave All Saints Church All Saints Church 348 Howard Ave 332 Howard Ave
Howard & Congress Avenues c1890 Howard Avenue & Lamberton Street, All Saints Church 1893 Howard Avenue & Lamberton Street, All Saints Church c1895 348 Howard Avenue c1912 332 Howard Avenue c1905
Howard Ave & Third St City Point South Water St City Point City Point
Howard Avenue & Third Street 1893 City Point c1925 South Water & Sea Streets, City Point 1890 City Point c1910 City Point c1915
City Point City Point      
City Point c1930 City Point c1910