New Haven

Center Church on the Green

Church · 250 Temple St, New Haven, CT 06510

The congregation dates to 1638 and was the spiritual center of New Haven during the Revolution. The church served as a gathering point for political debate and mourning during the 1779 British raid. Its crypt beneath the building contains graves from the colonial and Revolutionary era. The current structure was built 1812–1814 on the same Green where militia mustered.

Grove Street Cemetery

Cemetery · 227 Grove St, New Haven, CT 06511

One of the oldest planned cemeteries in the United States, containing the graves of numerous New Haven residents who lived through the Revolution. Notable Revolutionary-era figures and their descendants are buried here. The Egyptian Revival gate dates to 1848, but the cemetery grounds hold stones from the late 18th century.

New Haven Green

Landmark · New Haven Green, New Haven, CT 06510

The historic town green at the center of New Haven, used as a militia muster ground and public gathering space throughout the Revolution. In July 1779 British troops under General Tryon marched across the Green during their raid. Three churches — Center Church, Trinity Church, and United Church — face the Green, all with colonial-era congregational roots.

Yale College Old Campus (Wartime Hospital Site)

Landmark · Old Campus, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510

Yale College buildings served as a Continental Army hospital during the Revolution. The institution trained many officers and chaplains who served throughout the war. During the 1779 British raid, faculty member Naphtali Daggett famously rode out to confront the raiders. The original college yard is the heart of present-day Yale University.

Pardee-Morris House

Historic House · 325 Lighthouse Rd, New Haven, CT 06512

A rare surviving 18th-century farmhouse that was burned by British troops during General Tryon's July 1779 raid and subsequently rebuilt. The current structure, largely dating to 1780, preserves the scale and character of a prosperous New Haven farming household of the Revolutionary era. Managed by the New Haven Colony Historical Society.

Roger Sherman Statue, Wooster Square

Monument · Wooster Square, New Haven, CT 06511

A statue honoring Roger Sherman, New Haven's most prominent Revolutionary statesman — the only Founder to sign all four of the great state papers: the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. Sherman represented Connecticut in the Continental Congress throughout the war and was instrumental in the Connecticut political infrastructure that sustained the war effort.