Main Street in Hartford, CT before the Gold Building

The stretch of Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut that’s now occupied by the Gold Building is very historic. It was once the site of landmarks that included the 1780s home where prominent businessman and philanthropist James B. Hosmer lived from the age of two until he died two days before his 97th birthday, the building that was occupied from 1828 to 1964 by the city’s second oldest continuously operating business, the Sisson Drug Company, the building where the Young Men’s Institute (forerunner of the Hartford Public Library) had its first permanent home and stage where Mark Twain made his acting debut in 1876.
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The image of the Gold Building used in the video and in the video thumbnail is courtesy of Paul Hensler.
My video about the buildings that used to be on Pearl Street, where the north side of the Gold Building Complex is located today: • Lost Buildings of Pear...
My video about the buildings that used to be on Main Street, Hartford, just south of the Gold Building: • A Lost Section of Main...
Links to some of the images used in this video:
Alderman Drug Co.: hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:13659
Main Street storefronts, Hartford: emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
Lee, Sisson & Co. Drug Store, 259 Main Street, Hartford: emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
Parade on Main Street, Hartford: emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
View looking north on Main Street, Hartford: hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:19895
Exterior of Krug, Powers & Co., 267 Main Street, Hartford: emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
James Bidwell Hosmer: emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
James Bidwell Hosmer: emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
Anti-slavery meeting. The Connecticut Baptist Anti-slavery convention will be in session, this evening, at Gilman's Hall: hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:20086
Fire Alarm Bell: emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
Staff and Officers of the Putnam Phalanx A.D. 1883: emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
Putnam Phalanx Headquarters: hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:720...
President Benjamin Harrison Visits: hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:720...
Main St. at Central Row : www.flickr.com/photos/ctarchi...
Main St. at Pearl St.: www.flickr.com/photos/ctarchi...

[@junkandthangs]

Dan you’re the man, your research is remarkable

[@arbrimmer3813]

I so appreciate these videss you create Dan,they are so informative and wwell done.Thanks for all your hard work creating them for all of us to enjoy!!

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thank you! I'm glad so many people are interested in the stuff I find out in my research.

[@user-po8ke5vh2e]

amazing channel!

[@williammacdonnell6965]

Another great episode. Thanks very much for all your hard work! Was the Gelb Jewelry store someplace where the gold building is now?

[@historywithdansterner263]

I'm not familiar with that store, so I'm not sure if it was located there or not.

[@vshell7673]

Amazing 👏

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thank you!

[@Hadd13]

Another great video Dan

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thanks!

[@jamesbonee3102]

Can you do research on Lewis Street and in particular #36 that was the great restaurant and club in 70 s and 80 s , but was also the house of Dr. Horace Wells.

[@historywithdansterner263]

That is a subject that I would like to cover in a future video. Thanks for watching!

[@jamesbonee3102]

@@historywithdansterner263 , so much we learned about Dr Wells while wrkng at restsurant for years.

[@user-po8ke5vh2e]

we need video about colt!

[@sedumplant]

Can you make a video about the South End Bank and Trust Co? My aunt was a vice president there in the 50s, but I believe she had worked there for probably more than a decade before. I think there was a Mr. Jorgenson, as president. It was unusual that a woman would have attained such a position.

[@junkandthangs]

there’s a “Gilman Auditorium” in the “Conklin” Building at Hartford Hospital…

[@historywithdansterner263]

I wonder if there's a connection 🤔

[@junkandthangs]

@@historywithdansterner263 I’m sure there is… HH has a very nice way of acknowledging history, especially if a nice “gift” was involved

[@junkandthangs]

Windsor “Locks” interesting