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The Downtown North Historic District is a 19-acre (7.7 ha) historic district in Hartford, Connecticut. It is a predominantly residential area located around Main Street and High Street north of I-84 and south of the Amtrak railroad tracks. [ 2 ]
The Department Store Historic District is a historic district in the Downtown Hartford neighborhood of the city of Hartford, Connecticut, United States. It is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) area that, in 1995, included three contributing buildings, one other contributing structure, and one contributing object.
The Main Street Historic District No. 2 is a historic district in Hartford, Connecticut. It encompasses a city block in the city's downtown noted for its concentration of insurance-related highrise commercial buildings constructed in the early decades of the 20th century.
46.41 mi [1] [2] (74.69 km) Existed: 1940–present: Component highways: US 5 / Route 15 from Wethersfield, CT to East Hartford, CT I-84 from East Hartford, CT to Sturbridge, MA US 6 from East Hartford, CT to Manchester, CT: Major junctions; South end: US 5 / Route 15 / Berlin Turnpike in Wethersfield, CT: I-91 / SR 530 in Hartford, CT
Other contributing properties in the district include St. Patrick - St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church (built in 1849), the Masonic Temple (built in 1894) and the Hotel Lenox (also known as Hartford Hotel), a Beaux-Arts eclectic style building at 280-294 Ann Street, built in 1899.
Downtown Hartford is home to many corporations such as The Hartford, Travelers Insurance, Hartford Steam Boiler, The Phoenix Companies, Aetna, and United Technologies Corporation, most of which are housed in office towers constructed over the last 20–30 years. Downtown also serves as the hub for the bus routes of Connecticut Transit Hartford.
The High Street Historic District of Hartford, Connecticut is a 1.1-acre (0.45 ha) historic district that includes three buildings typifying the architectural styles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the city. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]
Asylum Hill. Asylum Hill is a 615-acre (2.49 km 2) centrally located Hartford neighborhood with about 10,500 residents.It rises uphill directly west of Downtown Hartford but is mostly flat until it slopes downward at its western edge, along the flood plain of the north branch of the now-buried Park River.