Lost Hartford: Before the Phoenix Mutual "Boat" Building

This video focuses on lost buildings in the area of Hartford, Connecticut where the Phoenix Boat building was erected in 1963 and the adjacent Hartford Steam Boiler building in 1932 and 1965. Buildings that used to be here include the American Hotel, Parsons Theatre, the old headquarters of Travelers Insurance, the Hartford Street Railway trolley barns, Hartford’s first variety theater and a building where two notorious bandits were captured in 1903 and the liquor police raided during Prohibition. I also talk about buildings on the south side of the former Grove Street, including a lost house built for Silas Deane and the famed Chicken Man’s poultry shop.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
2:07 Overview of the area
3:05 American Hotel
6:27 Parsons Theatre
7:26 Travelers
8:21 Intro to Grove Street
9:00 Chicken Man
10:19 Fisher House
10:50 Barnabas Deane House
16:39 St. Paul’s Church
17:25 View down Grove Street
19:30 State Street
22:02 Bange Building
26:56 Chamberlin Building
30:24 Conclusion
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Some of the images used in this video are in the collections of the Hartford History Center at the Hartford Public Library:
hplct.ent.sirsi.net/client/en...
Image of State Street west of Front Street from Thompson Photographs of Hartford, Connecticut State Library:
www.flickr.com/photos/ctarchi...
Images of the Barnabas Deane House from the Connecticut Historical Society at the Connecticut Digital Archive:
tinyurl.com/m2mtu4w5
Image of the William Rogers Manufacturing Company from the Connecticut Historical Society at the Connecticut Digital Archive:
hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:14075
Image of automobiles in front of the American Hotel from the Connecticut Historical Society at the Connecticut Digital Archive:
hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:13817
Image of trolley car on American Row from the Connecticut Historical Society at the Connecticut Digital Archive:
hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18820
Image of Parsons Theatre after removal of tower from the Connecticut Historical Society at the Connecticut Digital Archive:
hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:10959
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[@flight4951]

Love the video. Can’t believe how downtown Hartford changed so much.

[@rovingdesigner7431]

Brilliant! Every one of these. Exhaustively researched and terrific photos.

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thanks!

[@Hadd13]

Great job Dan

[@marcouellette3417]

So very well done 👍 thank you!!

[@SuperKillgill]

Love your videos👌🏻

[@scottthomas3672]

I never understood this building, thanks for explaining.

[@junkandthangs]

Great job…

[@philipcone357]

Great video

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thanks!

[@johnforester4060]

Another excellent presentation! Interesting to note, in the mid 60's, the walkway between the Phoenix building and Constitution Plaza was sometimes used a "stage" for certain special performances. One I recall vividly, was "the dancing waters ." It was similar, but not as large in scope as the Bellagio Hotel water show Vegas. Every time I've seen the Bellagio show, my mind often returns the water walkway show in Hartford. Walking by the Poultry Store, you could always hear the chickens clucking away...

[@RileyAerialMedia]

Great job, very interesting! These videos are outstanding.

[@junkandthangs]

Mortensen Plaza would be a nice video to do

[@junkandthangs]

Had to revisit this… before the connection to Mortensen Plaza

[@junkandthangs]

I wonder if you could do a video of the Riverfront walkway, along the Phoenix Building and State Street to the edge of the river and Founders Bridge with the walking path north and south of the river

[@historywithdansterner263]

I have thought about doing "walk videos" like that. I'm going to look into that. Thanks!

[@junkandthangs]

@@historywithdansterner263 I have walking videos on my page but of course I’m not an historian like you. lol

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