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When the new Connecticut State Capitol was built in 1878, the Old State House became Hartford’s City Hall until 1915, when a new Municipal Building was completed. This building’s Beaux-Arts design was chosen after an architectural competition which required that the new structure resemble the Old State House. And as everyone still thought of the earlier building as “City Hall,” the new one would not take that name but was instead to be known as the “Municipal Building.” In addition to the neoclassical ornamentation on the exterior, the structure, designed by Davis and Brooks, is notable for its impressive three-story central atrium.

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Municipal Building, Hartford (1915)

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  • February 20, 2010 at 8:28 am
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    The Municipal Building in Hartford was designed by the architectural firm of Davis & Brooks. William F. Brooks was a partner in the firm and resided in New Britain, Connecticut also designed the Erwin Building of the New Britain Public Library in 1901, other commercial buildings in New Britain and several homes in the West End of New Britain, Hartford, Farmington, and Sachem’s Head in Guilford.

  • December 5, 2012 at 3:18 pm
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