Thanks to Dan R. for posting these beautiful statue of our first deaf student a the American School for the Deaf in 1817. A Deaf Community raised money to have this statue made and erected.
Dan R.
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As you head downtown, you may notice this statue in the small traffic triangle where Farmington Avenue, Asylum Street and Broad Street all meet. Have you ever noticed that Broad Street changes its name to Cogswell Street when it heads north past Asylum? Here is why. The statue is a 9′ high bronze statue of Alice Cogswell, the first student at the American School for the Deaf. The school was founded in 1817, and was originally located on Asylum Street in Hartford before it was relocated to West Hartford. The ASD was America’s first school for the deaf. One of the school’s founders, Mason Fitch Cogswell, was Alice’s father. An inscription at the base of the statue reads: COMMEMORATINGTHEFOUNDERSOFTHE AMERICANSCHOOLFORTHEDEAF AMERICA’S PIONEERINSTITUTIONFORTHEHANDICAPPED ATHARTFORDAPRIL15, 1817 THOMASHOPKINSGALLAUDET MASONFITCHCOGSWELLLAURENTCLERC DEDICATEDBYTHE NEWENGLANDGALLAUDETASSOCIATIONOFTHEDEAF TOEXPRESSTHEGRATITUDEOFTHEDEAFOFTHENATION APRIL15, 1953 It’s a dignified, well maintained statue of a serious looking young girl holding a book to her chest. She is standing inside a huge outstretched hand!