Municipal Building (Hartford, Connecticut)

The Hartford Municipal Building, also known as Hartford City Hall, is a historic Beaux-Arts structure located at 550 Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Completed in 1915, it is a prominent local example of Beaux-Arts architecture, and is the third building to serve as city hall. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

Hartford Municipal Building
Location550 Main Street
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Coordinates41°45′45.4″N 72°40′24.3″W
Built1915[1]
ArchitectDavis & Brooks
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.81000536
Added to NRHPApril 27, 1981

Description and history

Hartford's first city hall was a Greek Revival building, erected in 1827 and located at the corner of Market and Kingsley Streets. In 1897, the city offices were moved to the 1796 Old State House, which the state had made available after construction of the present Connecticut State Capitol. It was soon judged to be too small, and the present building was completed in 1915 after a design competition. Davis & Brooks, the winning architects, were local architects who had recently designed an addition to the high school. Land for the building was donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, who sought a suitable use for the parcel adjacent to a wing he had recently donated to the Wadsworth Atheneum.[2]

The Municipal Building is located south of Hartford's downtown central business district, and is bounded on the west, south and east by Main, Arch, and Prospect Streets. It is separated from the Wadsworth Atheneum by the Burr Memorial Mall, a former roadway converted into pedestrian plaza.[2] The structure is built of brick faced with Bethel white granite, a copper and tile roof, and doors made of bronze. It has a three-story central atrium which is 25 feet (7.6 m) wide and 150 feet (46 m) long, decorated with panels depicting the history of the city of Hartford. The basement level has extensive Guastavino tile vaulting.[3]

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See also

References
  1. Martin, W.J. (1915). Souvenir book of the Municipal building dedication: program of exercises, pictorial review of the Municipal building and a down-to-date review of the capitol city. Hartford.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Municipal Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  3. "City Center: Municipal Building (City Hall)". Hartford, Connectict: Landmarks ~ History ~ Neighborhoods.
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