I’ve been calling Posh Portals “my book” for years, though actually the author is noted architectural historian Andrew Alpern – who already had 10 other volumes published. But the cover and more than 350 inside photos are mine, and the watercolor illustrations are also based on my photos, so I really can’t be too objective, […]
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company building of 1920, designed by NY architect Benjamin Morris. Now used by Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP). (Not to be confused with Phoenix Mutual’s modern headquarters, known as the “Boat Building” for its unusual shape.) Name: Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, Department of Energy and Environmental
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Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House. The parish house is now used as the Metropolitan Church. Both structures were commissioned by Samuel Colt’s wife as a memorial to her husband. Name: Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House, Metropolitan Church Location: 155 Wyllys Street Year Completed: 1896 Architect: Edward Tuckerman Potter Style:
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Linden Building, built in 1891, is a Main Street landmark with its copper-topped cupola. Now condominiums. Name: Linden Building Location: 1 Linden Place, 427 Main Street Year Completed: 1891 Architect: Frederick Savage Newman Style: Richardsonian Romanesque National Register of Historic Places: Buckingham Square District (pdf) Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos
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Hartford Times Building, now part of the University of Connecticut campus. Beaux Arts landmark at 10 Prospect St. Name: Hartford Times Building Location: 10 Prospect Street Year Completed: 1920 Architect: Donn Barber Style: Beaux Arts Wikipedia: Hartford Times Building Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2020 with Canon 5D
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Hartford State Armory, aka Connecticut State Armory, aka Governor William A. O’Neill State Armory, is headquarters of the state militia. It was built with a great deal of cast concrete which deteriorated and was replaced with carved limestone in the 1990s. (See National Register of Historic Places registration form for more detail). Name: Connecticut State
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The Hartford Municipal Building is the city’s third City Hall, after outgrowing two previous homes. The land was donated by financier J. Pierpont Morgan. Name: Hartford Municipal Building, City Hall Location: 550 Main Street Year Completed: 1915 Architect: Davis & Brooks, Palmer & Hornbostel Style: Beaux Arts Wikipedia: Municipal Building Google Map All images copyright
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Goodwin Hotel, originally Goodwin Apartments, was built at the corner of Asylum and Haynes Streets in 1881. It was expanded in 1891 and again in 1900; the Goodwin Square Tower was added in 1989, as the apartments were converted to a hotel. Name: Goodwin Apartments, Goodwin Hotel, Goodwin Square Tower Location: 1 Haynes Street Year
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Gold Building, Hartford CT; aka 755 Main Street, One Financial Plaza, converted to residential use in 2014. Building has a microgrid – 336 solar panels on roof, plus a 400 kilowatt fuel cell. Name: Gold Building, One Financial Plaza Location: 755 Main Street Year Completed: 1967 Architect: Welton Becket Style: Postmodern Wikipedia: 777 Main Street
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One of the architects – James Renwick, Jr. – also designed New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian Institution Building. Name: First Presbyterian Church Location: 136 Capitol Avenue Year Completed: 1870 Architect: Renwick & Sands Style: High Victorian Romanesque Historic Buildings of Connecticut: First Presbyterian Church, Hartford Google Map All images copyright
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