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The Connecticut State Office Building, adjacent to the Bushnell theater in Hartford, was built in 1931. It was designed by Smith & Bassette, a firm also involved in the 1929 Hartford County Courthouse. The huge Office Building, constructed of Indiana limestone, has flat classical detailing influenced by the Art Deco style.

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Connecticut State Office Building (1931)
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  • December 17, 2009 at 4:37 pm
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    http://www.cttrust.org/ctcopar/4111

    This website The Ct Trust organization, states the state office building was completed in 1930-not 1931

    Can you explain the discrepancy?

  • December 17, 2009 at 7:20 pm
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    1931 is the date given for the building in Structures & Styles: Guided Tours of Hartford Architecture (1988) by Gregory Andrews and David Ransom. The Connecticut State Office Building is building B19 on p. 38.

    http://www.amazon.com/Structures-Styles-Guided-Hartford-Architecture/dp/0940748959

    Sometimes there are discrepancies in exact dates if a building was, for instance, begun in one year and finished the next, or completed in one year and only officially occupied in the following year.

  • August 3, 2013 at 4:02 pm
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    Kenneth A Larson noted preservation artists’ pen and ink drawing of this architectural gem can be seen at Le Petit Chef,a local deli,on Temple St.
    In the historic Richardson Building ( south side ) Main Street.

  • March 9, 2023 at 2:24 pm
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    I have a 36 page paper booklet titled, “State of Connecticut. Laying of the Corner-Stone of the New State Office Building at Hartford, September 25, 1930”. It was the very detailed program for that days event.

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