National Register of Historic Places

Lyman House

Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Listed
October 31, 1975
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
75001938

About this property

The Lyman House is a historic house at 22 Woodland Street in Hartford, Connecticut. It was built in 1895 for Theodore Lyman, a prominent local lawyer and corporate director. Since 1925 it has been home to the Town and County Club, a private women's club. A well-preserved example of Classical Revival architecture, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The Lyman House is located in Hartford's Asylum Hill neighborhood, west of downtown. It is on the east side of Woodland Street, north of its junction with Farmington Avenue. It is a three-story masonry structure, built out of yellow brick with stone trim. Its corners have stone quoining, and it is covered by a hip roof from which six chimneys project. The main facade is three bays wide, with the center one projecting. Its corners are also quoined, and it is topped by a gable. A semicircular portico with Doric columns projects further, sheltering the main entrance; above it is a three-part window on the second floor, and a Palladian window with half-round top above that. The house was built in 1895 for Theodore Lyman, a prominent local lawyer. Lyman died in 1920, and the house was bought by the Town and County Club in 1925, after his widow died. The house was designed by the Hartford firm of Hapgood & Hapgood, cousins who executed a number of prominent regional landmarks and the Connecticut State Building at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition. The principal alteration to the building has been the addition of a large meeting space to the rear in 1929–30. The house is one of the few high-profile mansions to survive in Asylum Hill, a fashionable address for the city elite in the late 19th century. National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford, Connecticut

Location

22 Woodland St.
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
41.76894, -72.70170

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When was Lyman House listed on the National Register?

Lyman House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 31, 1975.

What type of historic resource is Lyman House?

Lyman House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Lyman House is recorded as the industrial era.

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