Park Central Hotel collapse, 54 High Street, Hartford, February 17, 1889
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1889
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 3/4 x 6 11/16in. (12 x 17cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionView of partially collapsed five-story building. Piles of rubble and debris are on the ground. Several men, some of them in uniform, stand on the street. The men in uniform are probably members of the Connecticut National Guard. Utility poles, wires, and a street light are in the foreground. Several brick buildings and a church steeple, probably the First Methodist Episcopal Church, are in the background. A sign reads: "Monuments."
Object number1968.58.138
InscribedOn verso: "Park Central Hotel."NotesSubject Note: The "monument" business may be Stephen Maslen & Co. Monumental Works, 352 Asylum Street.Wellington Ketchum was the proprietor of the Park Central Hotel. An explosion of its steam boiler in the early morning of February 17, 1889 destroyed the hotel. Twenty-two people were killed. Ten were rescued. Only part of the eastern wing remained standing.On View
Not on view
