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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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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