Designed by architect John C. Mead and built in 1884, the Romanesque-style Linus B. Plimpton House is located at 847 Asylum Street in the Asylum Hill neighborhood of Hartford. In 1865, Linus B. Plimpton (who was originally from Southridge, MA) established a business in Hartford manufacturing envelopes. The Plimpton Manufacturing Company won an important contract in 1874 to produce stamped envelops for the U.S. government. The prize was awarded by Postmaster General Marshall Jewell, a Hartford resident and former governor of Connecticut. The modern descendant of the old manufacturing firm continues to exist as Plimpton’s, a stationery retail store in West Hartford Center. The old Plimpton House on Asylum Avenue is now used for elderly housing. For further reading on the Plimpton Manufacturing Company, see the following pdf files: The History of Envelopes and “A Specialized Study of the Plimpton Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Connecticut High Value U.S. Postal Stationer.”
Just a small correction. Plimpton House is not used for elderly housing. It is owned by South Park Inn and used as supportive housing for 35 individuals with life situations that make it difficult for them to live on their own.