Sam & Elizabeth:
Legend & Legacy of Colt’s Empire
By William Hosley
Machinists and machine tools at Colt’s Armory, c 1859
Armsmear – the Colts’ mansion (1857) estate & architect-designed estate gardens
Colt Park – As it appeared about 1910. Donated to the City of Hartford by Elizabeth Hart Colt
Colt Monument, Cedar Hill Cemetery, 1864 by James Batterson & Randolph Rogers
Sam Colt / Elizabeth & Caldwell Colt, 1865
Elizabeth Colt’s Picture Gallery, advised by Hartford family friend Frederic Church
Church of the Good Shepherd by Edward T. Potter
Treasures from the Centennial Exposition, 1876
The Dauntless
The Lure of Italy: Treasures from Colt’s 1881 Grand Tour
Reproduction of Chair from Doge Palace, Venice
Caldwell Colt Memorial House by ET Potter, 1894
Colt Memorial Wing, Wadsworth Atheneum
Elizabeth Colt – 1st woman in America to lead & build municipal art museum expansion, 1910
Colt’s Empire exhibition
Wadsworth Atheneum
1997
Saving Coltsville, A Preservation initiative
Sam & Elizabeth:
Legend & Legacy of Colt’s Empire
by William Hosley
Terra Firma NortheastTo book a feature length presentation contact
[email protected] thanks to Wadsworth Atheneum, the Museum of Connecticut History, Karen Blanchfield White, Dean Nelson, the National Park Service, Congressman John
Larson & those who’ve supported our efforts to preserve Colt’s heritage and tell this story
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