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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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 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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This is the second church on the site, replacing an 1872 house of worship. The current Collegiate Gothic-style building was erected in 1931. Name: Asylum Avenue Baptist Church Location: 868 Asylum Avenue Year Completed: 1931 Architect: George Keller Style: Collegiate Gothic Wikipedia: Asylum Avenue District Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos
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Eclectic mix of historical architectural styles, on the street renamed for Hartford’s first female mayor, Ann Uccello. On the block between Asylum and Allyn Streets, opposite XL Center, the Morse Building, The Russian Lady, and The Grand on Ann. Name: Ann Street Historic District Location: 181-185, 191, 201 Ann Uccello Street Architect: Russell F. Barker, Brooks
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Landmark Main Street hotel, now residential. Distinctive chamfered corner and tower, Mansard roof. Name: Hotel Capitol Location: 385 Main Street Year Completed: 1861 Architect: John W Gilbert Style: High Victorian Gothic National Register of Historic Places: Buckingham Square Historic District Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2020 with Canon
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A landmark downtown commercial block, well preserved. Name: McKone Block Location: 363 Main Street Year Completed: 1875 Architect: Patrick McKone Style: High Victorian Italianate National Register of Historic Places: Buckingham Square Historic District (pdf) Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2020 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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50 State House Square, Hartford CT Name: First National Bank Building, Hartford Federal Savings Bank Building Location: 50 State House Square Year Completed: 1899 Architect: Ernest Flagg Style: Beaux Arts Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2020 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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The 1869 Larned Building, designed in elegant Second Empire style, was gutted by fire. The landmark’s shell was saved, with a completely new steel-framed interior: a public parking garage. Name: Larned Building, Location: 114 South Warren Street Year Completed: 1869 Architect: Horatio Nelson White Style: Second Empire Wikipedia: Hanover Square, Syracuse Google Map All images
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The landmark Jefferson Street Armory has been repurposed as the Museum of Science and Technology. It is the hub of Armory Square Historic District, revitalized with shops and restaurants. Name: Jefferson Street Armory, New York State Armory Location: 236 West Jefferson Street Year Completed: 1907 Architect: George L Heins Style: Romanesque Wikipedia: Armory Square Google
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