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Title	Hartford historic building 012_b
Town	Hartford
Subject - LCSH	Municipal buildings; Hartford (Conn.)
Keywords	Historic buildings; Old State House
About the survey data	The text in the following fields, up to the Tell Us More field, is transcribed from a survey form that accompanies the photograph.
Date [built] (Source)	1796 (tablet on building)
Orig Owner	Joseph Woodbridge; Old State House
Present Owner [1935-37]	City of Hartford; Architect - Charles Bulfinch
Location	800 Main Street
Description [Material]	Brownstone and brick / city hall
Roof	Hip
Chimney Type/No.of	Brick / central / 4
Height	Two stories and half
Fenestration	4 windows each side of two-story portico. Most of the windows have 12/12 sash. Second-story portico windows have 16/16 sash.
Foundation	Stone
Condition - Physical	Excellent
Authenticity	Original
Exterior	A portico with three stone arches is at the front entrance of the building. Modillion brackets on all sides of the building. Iron balcony on the center front section of the second floor. Two arched windows on each side of the doorway within portico. Stone slab over each lower window with key block. Brackets are found around the inside of the roof of the portico. A balcony, or two second-story portico, with ten pillars supporting a pediment, is over the rear portico. There are three arched windows in the wall back of the portico. The middle one is larger than the other two. The balustrade around the edge of the roof was added in 1815. A fan window on each of the four sides at the foot of the tower or cupola. Two Ionic pilasters are at each corner. There is bracket trim above. A figure of Justice, holding scales stands on top of the gilded dome. The cupola or tower was added in 1827. The ball was set in place in 1830, and the clock which has a face on all four sides, was installed in 1848. The roof has original pegged timbers. The original front is to the east.
Doorway	The east and west entrance doors are double and have three panels over the west entrance, carved with State Seal and Motto. The east entrance has portico similar to west. Dentil trim over both front and rear doors. A fan window is inset over rear doorway, the top of arch in front of it being paneled.
Interior	North room - extends full width of building on second floor, has fluted Ionic pilasters in the corners and between each two windows. The balcony has a paneled balustrade over the doorway to the central hall, supported by fluted Ionic columns. Brackets and carved trim is found on the balcony and around walls above windows; half windows above others, near ceiling. The large windows have folding shutters. Two fireplaces (brownstones sides and top) in this room are on the hall side. South room - also full width, has fluted composite columns (a combination of Ionic and Corinthian) at the sides and in the corners. Brackets, dentil, and rope trim are around the walls and at the top of columns, above which is a small balustrade. Two fireplaces on hall side of room with a column on each side, supporting a pediment which has the same trim as the walls. This room also has half windows near ceiling. Second floor hall, decorated with modillion brackets, has a Palladian window in the west end wall, looking into a room over the portico. This window is above the stair landing. Key block in the arched section. Fluted pilasters on the doorways leading into north and south rooms. Stairs rise west from each side of the lower hall, meeting at the landing half way up, and turning, continue east in one staircase. Good paneling under the stairs. Lower North Room (first story) has fluted columns with paneled bases supporting ceiling and fluted pilasters at sides. A balcony is on the hall side, as upstsirs, but less ornamented. South Room (first story) is divided into smaller rooms.
Tell Us More	Tell us more about the building, its history, its address, etc. mailto: CSL.diginfo@ct.gov Put the Title in the email Subject line.
Creator	W.P.A. Federal Writers Project, State of Connecticut
Date - Created	1935-1942
Date - Digital	2010 June 8
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	image
Format	jpeg
Language	eng
Source - Original	Photograph, b&w, 6 x 4 in.; Pre-printed form, b&w, 8.5 x 11 in. with typescript
Source - Location	Connecticut State Library, State Archives, RG 033:28, WPA Records, Architectural Survey
Relation	Research Guide to Old House Resources at the Connecticut State Library: http://www.cslib.org/OldHouse.htm
Publisher	Connecticut State Library
Rights	Digital Image © Connecticut State Library. All rights reserved. Images may be used for personal research or non-profit educational uses without prior permission. For permission to publish or exhibit, see Reproduction and Publication of State Library Collections, http://www.cslib.org/repropub.htm
File Name	wpa_archsurvey_harf012_b.jpg
Height	1816