A: The South End landmark is named after Rev. Monsignor Michael J. Barry, who was the pastor for 32 years of nearby St. Augustine Church. The city made the designation in 1934. (Source: "History of Hartford Streets," by F. Perry Close.)

Q: This athlete not only played major-league baseball for the Boston Red Sox and professional basketball for the Boston Celtics but played minor-league baseball for the Hartford Chiefs, an affiliate of the Boston Braves, who have since become the Atlanta Braves. Who was he?

A: Gene Conley. Thanks to Bill Flood of Portland, Conn., for submitting the question. For a great interview of Conley, see this one, given to a newspaper in Washington state. He moved there with his family at the age of 12.

Q: What Hartford man served as the United States' first commissioner of education?

A: Henry Barnard.

Q: The Hartford Street Railway Company built a twin-towered "trolley barn" in 1903. By the 1940s, boxing matches and dances were being held there. It still stands but has been converted to offices and storage space. Where is it?

A: Wetherfield Avenue.

Q: What Hartford insurer began in 1851 as the American Temperance Life Insurance Co.? All policyholders had to sign pledges that they would abstain from consumption of alcohol.

A: The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. (Source: "The City of Hartford, 1784-1984," by Ellsworth Strong Grant and Marion Hepburn Grant.)

Q: Hartford once had a harness-racing track. Where was it?

A: Off New Park Avenue, on land later occupied by the Chandler Evans factory and now by a Home Depot store. Two 1937 photos of it can be found on page 82 of "Images of America: Hartford, Vol. II," compiled by Wilson H. Faude. Faude notes that fairs and exhibitions of farm products and animals were held there too.

Flatbush Avenue, which intersects New Park Avenue nearby, is said to be named after Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y., since both led to horse-race tracks. (Source: "History of Hartford Streets," by F. Perry Close.)