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Public Market and Municipal Heating Plant

ArchitectDesigned by John J. McMahon American, 1875 - 1958

ArchitectDesigned by Whiton & McMahon American

ArchitectDesigned by Frank W. Whiton

MakerMade by L. F. Dettenborn Woodworking Company American, 1910 - 1968

ManufacturerManufactured by Hartford Iron Works

ManufacturerManufactured by Automatic Refrigerating Company American

ManufacturerManufactured by F.S. Payne Company American

Date1910-1920

MediumDrawings, blueprints and reprographic copies; black, brown, and red ink on linen paper; pencil and colored pencil on tracing paper; cyanotype, pencil, and colored pencil on paper; reprographic ink on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 31 x 52in. (78.7 x 132.1cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 29 x 50in. (73.7 x 127cm) or smaller

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Paul R. McMahon, Jr.

DescriptionElevations, plans, plot plans, sections, and details for a public market showing a long two-story building with three sets of glazed double entry doors with arched transoms, flanked by double sets of ornate casement windows set high on the wall. One elevation shows alternate choices of brick or tile designs beneath the windows. There is a rectilinear parapet with ball finials and dental molding and with an arched pediment in the center which reads "1919" over the words "Public Market" and "City of Hartford". In the center of the roof is a large glass skylight raised over clerestory windows. Plans show the basement having service utilities, coal room, refrigeration machinery, and cold storage. The main floor has a freight elevator, restrooms, and forty-two stalls with wood and glass counters.
Details include construction of window and door framing, lally columns and refrigeration equipment. One sheet is a scale drawing of a rectangular bronze plaque with corner rosettes which lists the names of the Public Market Commission members, architects, and contractors.

Object number2005.149.9.1-.49

Markings2005.149.9.18-.19, on recto, upper or lower right, is a stamp, in violet ink "WHITON & McMAHON / ARCHITECTS / 36 PEARL STREET / HARTFORD - CONN.".

2005.149.9.45, on verso, upper left, is a stamp in black ink, "BLUE AND BLACK / PRINTS / AT SHORT NOTICE. / ANY SIZE - ANY QUANITITY / JOSEPH MERRITT / [unreadable] HARTFORD CONN".Inscribed2005.149.9.1-.11, on recto, lower right, in black or reprographic ink, "PUBLIC MARKET / FOR CITYOF HARTFORD, CONN". At lower center, in a circle is "221, [sheet number], March 31, 1919".

2005.149.9.12-.14, on recto, lower right, in black ink, "HEATING PLANT / FOR CITY OF HARTFORD, CONN.". At lower center, in a circle is "236, [sheet number], JULY 31, 1919".

2005.149.9.25,.31-.49, on recto, lower right, in cyanotype ink, "[drawing title], MUNICIPAL MARKET / HARTFORD CONN", or variations of the same.

2005.149.9..39-.40, on recto, left center, in cyanotype ink, in a rectangle is "L.F. DETTENBORN WOOD-WORKING CO. / HARTFORD CONN / DRAWING NO. 746 / Made by W. 3/4" Scale / DATE 2/14/19", except 2005.149.9.39 reads "DETTENBORN W-W CO."

2005.149.9.30, on recto, overall, in cyanotype ink, "PUBLIC MARKET / CITY OF HARTFORD / ERECTED A.D. 1919 / PUBLIC MARKET COMMISSION / HON. RICHARD J. KINSELLA / MAYOR OF HARTFORD, CHAIRMAN / FRANK G. MACOMBER, ROBERT C. GLAZIER / SAMUEL HARTMAN, MRS. THOMAS F. GARVAN / LUDWIG FORSTER, TIMOTHY M. CROWLEY, SEC'Y / GEORGE A. PARKER, JEROME MAYER / THOMAS F. FLANAGAN, MRS. LOUIS F. MIDDLEBROOK / OSCAR A. MILES, LOUIS C. HATHEWAY / PHILIP A MASON ADVISORY ARCHITECT / ARCHITECTS / WHITON & McMAHON / CONTRACTORS / THE AHERN & WELCH COMPANY"

Some sheets are inscribed on recto, in pencil or colored pencil with design notations and including initialed, dated approvals by "J.J. McMahon".

On verso, lower right, in pencil is accession number.

2005.149.9.35, on verso, upper left, in blue pencil, "The Ahern & Welch Co / Public Market Elevator" and a pencil drawing.

NotesSubject Note: 2005.149.9.9 has names on neighboring buildings which include "M.C. & H.H. Ensworth", "Antonio & Crucifixa Martucci", "Pelino Martocchia", "Michael & Felice Mercantande", "Rocco Lacava". (Brashears 2006)

Subject Note: Automatic Refrigeration Company of Hartford, Connecticut blueprints include project examples of work they drew for Lynchburg City Market and St. Clair Market of Cleveland Ohio. The L. F. Dettenborn Wood-Working Company blueprints include proposed meat cases for The Eastern Provision Company, Hartford, Connecticut. (Brashears 2006)

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