In the early 20th century, Harry Bond had a hospitality empire in Hartford, CT. He opened the Bond Restaurant downtown in 1908. The Hotel Bond on Asylum Street was built in two stages: 1912-1913 and 1920-1921. Bond also acquired two other nearby hotels, which he named the Bond Annex and the Bondmore. Bond died in 1935 and his hotel empire, facing competition from the new Hotel Statler, eventually went bankrupt in the 1950s. Special thanks to Lawrence Plourde for permission to use his photographs of the Thomas Hooker (formerly Bond Annex) Hotel.
New Video: Harry Bond’s Hotel Empire in Hartford