New Haven County Courthouse, aka Superior Court, was completed in 1917 on New Haven Green’s north side. William H. Allen and Richard Williams designed the Beaux Arts landmark. Name: New Haven County Courthouse, aka Superior Court Location: 121 Elm Street Year Completed: 1917 Architect: William H. Allen, Richard Williams Style: Beaux Arts, Classical Revival Wikipedia: […]
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Eli Apartments, aka Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building, was built in 1938. The Art Deco high-rise was designed by Roy W. Foote and Douglas Orr. It was converted in 2004 to apartments. Name: Eli Apartments, aka Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building Location: 227 Church Street Year Completed: 1938 Architect: Roy W.
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New Haven’s City Hall was built in 1861, designed by Henry Austin; the County Courthouse annex was completed in 1873, designed by David R. Brown. Name: New Haven City Hall and County Courthouse Location: 161 Church Street Year Completed: 1861, 1873 Architect: Henry Austin, David R. Brown Style: High Victorian Gothic Wikipedia: New Haven
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United Church on the Green is a landmark church on the landmark New Haven Green, designed by David Hoadley in Federal style and completed in 1815. Name: United Church on the Green Location: 270 Temple Street Year Completed: 1815 Architect: David Hoadley Style: Federal Wikipedia: New Haven Green Google Map All images copyright ©
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The City of Brooklyn built this fire station in Bensonhurst just two years before the borough merged with New York City. The station, at 2425 86th Street, originally housed Engine Company 53; later 153, before becoming 253. The Dutch Renaissance style reflects Bensonhurst’s Dutch origins. Name: Engine Company 253 Location: 2425-2427 86th Street Year Completed:
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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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