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Elm Street Historic District (Hartford, Connecticut)

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Coordinates: 41°45′44″N 72°40′48″W / 41.76222°N 72.68000°W / 41.76222; -72.68000
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Elm Street Historic District
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Elm Street Historic District (Hartford, Connecticut) is located in Connecticut
Elm Street Historic District (Hartford, Connecticut)
Elm Street Historic District (Hartford, Connecticut) is located in the United States
Elm Street Historic District (Hartford, Connecticut)
Location71-166 Capitol Ave., 55-97 Elm St., 20-30 Trinity St., Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates41°45′44″N 72°40′48″W / 41.76222°N 72.68000°W / 41.76222; -72.68000
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Renaissance, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.84001003[1]
Added to NRHPJune 28, 1984

The Elm Street Historic District encompasses a collection of architecturally distinguished institutional and residential buildings near the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut. Located on Capitol Avenue and Trinity and Elm Streets, it includes the city's best concentration of early 20th-century architecture, including Bushnell Memorial Hall and several state office buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

Description and history

The Elm Street Historic District is located on the southwest of Hartford's downtown. It is bounded on the north by Bushnell Park and the west by the grounds of the state capitol complex. Its buildings extend along Capitol Avenue and the south side of Elm Street between Trinity Street and Pulaski Circle, and along Trinity from Elm to Buckingham Street. It is about 15 acres (6.1 ha) in size, and originally included fourteen historically significant buildings. The largest of these is the State Office Building, between Capitol and Buckingham, a fine example of Classical Revival architecture with Art Deco details, built in 1930 to a design by Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray of New York City. Just to its north is Bushnell Memorial Hall, designed by the same firm and also completed in 1930. It features a Georgian Revival exterior and a rich Art Deco interior.[2] Extending east from the Bushnell area on Capitol Avenue are the First Presbyterian Church (1870, Romanesque Revival),[2] and parking lots, some of which on the site of early 20th-century residential buildings that were part of the district listing but have since been demolished.

North of the Bushnell, at the corner of Trinity and Elm Streets, is the former Orient Insurance Company, now housing the state treasurer's office. It is a fine example of Beaux Arts architecture, built in 1905 to a design by Davis & Brooks of Hartford. Extending east from that building along Elm Street were three large buildings all built by insurance companies between 1917 and 1926, as well as the J.M. Ney building, a former factory. Two of these buildings have been demolished; one, the Scottish Union & National Building, now houses the state appellate court.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Elm Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
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