Hartford Trust Company Building

Hartford Trust Company Building
General information
Type Skyscraper
Architectural style Colonial Revival
Address 750 Main Street
Town or city Hartford, Connecticut
Country USA
Opened 1920
Owner Stark Office Suites[1]
Height
Top floor 18[1]
Design and construction
Architect Benjamin Wistar Morris
Architecture firm Morris & O’Connor
Designations National Register of Historic Places

The Hartford Trust Company Building is a 1920 skyscraper located in downtown Hartford, Connecticut.

History

The Hartford Trust Company Building is located across from the Old State House in downtown Hartford, CT, and is an example of 1920s Colonial Revival skyscrapers.[2] Incorporating the architectural style based on the classical column, the detailing is meant to link the building stylistically to the Old State House.[3]

The Hartford Trust Company Building was designed by the firm of Morris & O’Connor and built in 1920.[4] Led by the architect, Benjamin Wistar Morris,[5] the building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District.[3]

The lobby entrance has brass, glass, wood, and marble floors, and a large walk-in safe in the basement remains as a testament to the history of the building. The building was also the location for the World's first pay telephone - a marker appears on the building as designation.[6]

In 1998 the buildings was purchased by Boxer Properties of Houston for $1.5 million,[7] and in 2017 the building was acquired by Stark Office Suites for $4.3 million.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gregory Seay (December 5, 2017). "Downtown's 750 Main sold at $4.3M - 750 Main St., Hartford". Hartford Business Journal. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ John Vincent Boyer. "Reviewed Work: Structures and Styles: Guided Tours of Hartford Architecture by Gregory E. Andrews, David F. Ransom". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. JSTOR 990511.
  3. 1 2 "Travelers Insurance Company (1928) and Hartford-Connecticut Trust Company (1920)". Historic Buildings. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ Daniel Sterner (2012). A Guide to Historic Hartford, Connecticut. Arcadia Publishing. p. 11. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ Arthur L. Guptill (2012). Drawing and Sketching in Pencil. Courier Corporation. p. 183. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  6. ↑ "World's first pay telephone". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ Kenneth R. Gosselin (December 7, 2017). "One Of Downtown Hartford's Oldest Surviving Skyscrapers Sold For 21st Century Use". Hartford Courant. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
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