Colt Firearms Factory, on Van Dyke Avenue, with its distinctive gold star-spangled blue onion dome. Name: Colt Armory, Colt Factory Location: 60-78 Van Dyke Avenue Year Completed: 1855 Architect: General William B. Franklin Wikipedia: Colt Armory Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2020 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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City Place (1980) is Connecticut’s tallest building – just two meters taller than Travelers Tower (1919). Name: City Place Location: 185 Asylum Street Year Completed: 1980 Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Style: Postmodern Wikipedia: City Place I Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2020 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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The Gothic Revival Christ Church is quite a contrast with the monolithic Stilts Building just across Church Street. Name: Christ Church Location: 45 Church Street, 955 Main Street Year Completed: 1827 Architect: Ithiel Town Style: Gothic Revival Wikipedia: Christ Church Cathedral (Hartford, Connecticut) Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October
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A former synagogue, Temple Beth Israel, converted to civic use. Dramatic architectural details in a low-rise building. Name: Charter Oak Cultural Center Location: 21 Charter Oak Avenue Year Completed: 1875 Architect: George Keller Style: High Victorian Romanesque Wikipedia: Temple Beth Israel (Hartford, Connecticut) Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October
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When viewed from the south, Center Church wears a gold halo in the form of the Gold Building. Name: Center Church, First Church of Christ Location: 675 Main Street, 60 Gold Street Year Completed: 1807 Architect: Daniel Wadsworth Style: Federal Wikipedia: First Church of Christ and the Ancient Burying Ground Google Map All images copyright
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Not often that you see a church built in International style. Remarkable contrast to the Aetna HQ across the street, in Colonial Revival. Name: Cathedral of St. Joseph Location: 140 Farmington Avenue Year Completed: Architect: Eggers & Higgins Style: International Wikipedia: Asylum Avenue District Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken
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A building with a split personality: The exterior is Georgian Revival style, the interior is Art Deco. Name: Bushnell Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall Location: 166 Capitol Avenue Year Completed: 1930 Architect: Corbett, Harrison and MacMurray Style: Georgian Revival, Art Deco interior Wikipedia: Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Google
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Claimed to be the oldest publicly funded park in the United States, and part of the East Coast Greenway. The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch commemorates Civil War combatants. Other points of interest include the Corning Fountain, carousel, and Spanish-American War memorial. Reverend Horace Bushnell conceived the park, and asked Hartford native Frederick Law Olmsted
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A part of Hartford’s industrial history, half-covered during the flood of 1936. Restored and converted to offices. Detailed terra cotta, red brick. Name: Atlantic Screw Works Location: 75 Charter Oak Avenue Year Completed: 1903, 1910 Architect: Davis & Brooks Historic Buildings of Connecticut: Atlantic Screw Works Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant /
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A Gothic Revival brownstone erected just after the Civil War. Historians note that the architect mainly designed for the Roman Catholic Church; this was an exception. Name: Asylum Hill Congregational Church Location: 814 Asylum Avenue Year Completed: 1865 Architect: Patrick Keely Style: Gothic Revival Wikipedia: Asylum Avenue District Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant
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