Center Congregational Church and adjoining buildings, Main Street, Hartford
Date1860
MediumPhotography;
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 15/16 × 3 15/16in. (10 × 10cm)
Primary Dimensions (overall height x width): 10 × 6 15/16in. (25.4 × 17.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineBequest of Ada Louise Taylor
Object number1956.84.21
DescriptionPhotograph of Center Congregational Church and adjoining buildings, Main Street, Hartford. The church and nearby commercial buildings are seen from an elevated viewpoint, probably a rooftop. The church has a steeple with a clock and a pediment supported by Ionic columns. Signs on stores read: "223 Seyms & Co. 223", "Watches and Jewelry", and "Henry Lewith." Some businesses have awnings. Light snow is on the paved sidewalk. A horse-drawn vehicle is in the street in the foreground. Inscribed on back: "The buildings on the left of the Center Church / standing between that building & Gold Street / were formerly occupied by Humphrey Seyms / and James L. Howard & Co. The buildings were / destroyed about 1898 to increase the width of Gold Street."
NotesSubject Note: Seyms & Co. were grocers, successors to the firm, Humphrey, Seyms & Co. Henry Lewith was the proprietor of H. Lewith & Co., a wholesale and retail drygoods company at 235 Main Street.Status
Not on view
1912
