page_title: Meriden, Connecticut
section_title: Points of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Meriden, Connecticut / Arts and culture / Points of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking west from city hall, Meriden, Connecticut. The Civil War monument (1873) is to the right.
context_page_description: Meriden is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, located halfway between the regional cities of New Haven and Hartford. In 2010, the population of the city was 60,868.
context_section_description: Civil War monument (1873) in front of the Meriden City Hall. 158 men from Meriden who died in the war are listed.
  Curtis Memorial Library (1903), which is an example of Neo-Classical architecture and on the National Register of Historic Places The building now houses the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center
  Giuffrida Park offers many opportunities for outdoor recreation, with a variety of hiking trails and a lake.
  Historical cemeteries: Meetinghouse Hill Burying Ground (end of Ann Street), Meriden's first burial ground used 1727–1771; and Broad Street Cemetery (402 Broad Street), the second burial ground first used in 1771, includes a Revolutionary War commemoration plaque
  The Home National Bank building on Colony Street designed by the prominent, historical American architecture firm McKim, Mead & White
  Hubbard Park, about 1800 acres, part of the Hanging Hills, including Castle Craig on the National Register of Historic Places
  Hunter Golf Course
  Meriden Main Post Office (1907), designed by James Knox Taylor on the National Register of Historic Places
  The Miller Company addition on Center Street, with black-and-white Modernist facade designed by influential American architect Philip Johnson in 1965
  Moses Andrews House (c. 1760), on the National Register of Historic Places
  Old Traffic Tower
  Red Bridge (c. 1890) on the National Register of Historic Places
  Site of the former Jedediah Wilcox mansion (built 1870), 816 Broad Street. Demolished in the late 1960s, a parlor room from the mansion was saved and is exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
  Solomon Goffe House (1711), on the National Register of Historic Places
  Ted's Restaurant, known for its steamed cheeseburger, a modified version of the cheeseburger, invented in the early 1900s
  Trails: Meriden Linear Trail, Mattabesett Trail and the Metacomet Trail, which starts 4 miles north of Meriden
  Meriden Mall
  Gallery 53, 53 Colony Street, home of the Arts & Crafts Association of Meriden
caption: Looking west from city hall to the Downtown Area, Meriden, CT. The Civil War monument (1873) is to the right, and the Hanging Hills are in the distance to the right. Photo in 2007.
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