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Elizabeth Park Charles H. Pond originally owned the area now known as Elizabeth Park. Several years after his wife died he willed the park over to the city and  named it Elizabeth. Being one of the oldest municipally operated rose gardens in the country, it has 800 varieties of over 15,000 plants. Concerts, tours and weddings occur at the park annually. Bushnell Park Carousel Operated and maintained by the New England Carousel Museum, the Carousel is located at Bushnell Park which tends to serve as the state capitol's front lawn oasis. Magniificen antique wood makes this an exceptional attraction. Being one of the oldest operating carousel's in the US today, it's design gives tribute to it's original creators Stein and Goldstein in 1914. Old State House Designed by the great architect Charles Bulfinch in 1796,  many meetings where convened here to shape the Democratic Heritage of Connecticut. All the rooms have been restored with marble floors and majestic chandeliers. Tourists as well as School children come to enjoy educational programs and special events.