For some who are aware of the parks legacy, this is somewhat disturbingly morbid.
This common land at the heart of the thriving commercial port was used for various purposes.
It was the site of the first meetinghouse.
It contained the town’s watch house, the jail, and the first school.
The Green also held a succession of statehouses and was used as parade grounds for the New Haven militia.
Unbelievably, there was still room left in the Green to bury people.
The last burial took place in 1821.
But the remains themselves were not moved.
The New Haven Green.
Photo credit: Journal Register Co.
The Center Church on the Green.
Photo credit: Robert Fulton III/Library of Congress
