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The Orient Insurance Company Building was constructed in 1905, on Trinity Street in Hartford, next to the Bushnell Memorial Hall and near the State Capitol. It is just around the corner from Elm Street, which by the 1920s became known as Insurance Row, after four more companies built offices there near the Capitol. Designed by Davis & Brooks in the grand Beaux-Arts style, the Orient Insurance Company Building originally featured a large dome, which is no longer extant. The building now serves as state offices.

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Orient Insurance Company Building (1905)

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  • November 11, 2017 at 9:28 am
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    I am from Mauritius Island.
    I am very fond about Architecture. Your building is extremely somptuous. long live the Beaux-Arts style.
    Would it be possible to have photos of the three sides which we never see on any photo.
    I love greatly the two concrete visual effects on the bottom corner of extreme left wing and extreme right wing of the building. But on any photos already existed, I really do not understand the detail precision made.
    Please if possible send me the photos.
    Warm Regards,
    Bernard Allawdeen

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