National Register of Historic Places

First National Bank Building

Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Listed
December 23, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
84000766

About this property

The First National Bank Building is a historic commercial building at 50-58 State House Square in the heart of Downtown Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1899, it is a fine local example of Beaux Arts architecture, and was one of the first of Hartford's commercial buildings to have a steel frame. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The First National Bank Building is located on the north side of State House Square, facing Hartford Old State House. It is a seven-story masonry structure, its exterior walls faced in brick and stone on a frame of steel columns with reinforcing brick vaulted arches. The principal facade is one of the city's finest examples of Beaux Arts architecture. It is three bays wide, with the main entrance in the leftmost bay. The bottom and top two floors are each treated distinctively, with generally similar surrounds on the windows or doors on each level. The central three bays are grouped in tall openings topped by rounded arches and an elaborate cornice. The building was designed by Ernest Flagg, a New York City architect, and was completed in 1899. It was built on the site of a portion of the former United States Hotel, said portion having been occupied by the bank prior to its demolition to make way for this building. Flagg, trained at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, designed the building as a large-scale emulation of a classic column: the two bottom levels representing its base, and the top two its capital, with the intervening levels representing its shaft. National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford, Connecticut

Location

50 State St.
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
41.76783, -72.67323

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When was First National Bank Building listed on the National Register?

First National Bank Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 23, 1984.

What type of historic resource is First National Bank Building?

First National Bank Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for First National Bank Building?

The period of significance for First National Bank Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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