Videos

The modern apartment building on Arch Street in Hartford stands on the site of a once-famous Hartford tree: the Ledyard Elm. My latest video is about John Ledyard, the famous traveler, and the fate of the tree he planted back in 1773.

I’ve made a compilation of my videos about the history of Pearl Street in Hartford, which had great architecture and was called Hartford’s “Wall Street!” Its now lost buildings included banks and insurance companies, an early design by H. H. Richardson, the location of the city’s old fire bell, the telephone exchange (home of the “Hello Girls”), Plimpton’s, the Halls of Record, and much more! Check it out!

My latest video continues to reveal the forgotten history of Prospect Street in Hartford. Focusing on the east side of the street, I show houses where fascinating people lived, including notable lawyers, judges, authors, and business innovators. The houses were replaced by ornate buildings that housed important social clubs, organizations, and the home of the Hartford Times.

My latest video is about the west side of Prospect Street in Hartford (between Central Row and Atheneum Street) where a row of historic houses came to be replaced by the expansion of Travelers in the twentieth century. Some of these houses were the residences of prominent figures like the original publisher of the Hartford Courant, the founder of one of Hartford’s oldest law firms, the man who inspired a historic library and museum in a small Connecticut Town, and more! Also, the stable where George Washington kept his horse in 1780! The houses later became the homes of several important social clubs!