Old State House, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1895
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on lined paper mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/8 x 6 1/2in. (10.5 x 16.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/8 x 6 1/2in. (10.5 x 16.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 10 1/2 x 8in. (26.7 x 20.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/8 x 6 1/2in. (10.5 x 16.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 10 1/2 x 8in. (26.7 x 20.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineSamuel Taylor Collection. Bequest of Ada Louise Taylor.
DescriptionBrick and brownstone building with a cupola with a clock, dome, and a stature of an allegorical figure of Justice is partially concealed by leafy trees. Horse-drawn carriages, possibly cabs, line the sidelwalks. Commercial buildings line State Street, on the left. Some have striped awnings.
Object number1956.84.91
MarkingsOn verso, newspaper clippings from Hartford Daily Courant (December 28 1900).InscribedOn recto of mount, beneath image, in black ink, "Old State House / Main Street"; loer right, in pencil, accession numerNotesSubject Note: The Old State House was erected in 1796 to the designs of Charles Bulfinch. It served as the State Capitol until 1878 and as Hartford's city hall until 1915. The Government Building in City Hall Square housing the Post Office was begun in 1873 and completed in 1883.On View
Not on view
