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Title	Old State House (City Hall) and Federal Building (PostOffice), Hartford.
Place	State Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic	City halls Municipal buildings Public buildings Post office buildings
Topic-Person	Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Old State House (Hartford, Conn.)
Theme	Infrastructure Environment
Description	The Old State House, a federal style brick government building, has a pediment, an iron balcony, a balustrade on the roof and urns at the corners of the central pavilion. Arched entrances are on the ground floor. There is a clock in the cupola and a sculpture of a figure of Justice stands on the dome. American flags fly from flagpoles on the roof. The stone beaux-arts Federal building is immediately to the right.Some leafless trees appear to be elms. Trolley tracks are in Main Street in the foreground and trolley wires cross overhead. Men walk and stand on the sidewalks. Horse-drawn carriages are at the right. Horse-drawn wagons are at the left. Some horses wear horse blankets. A trolley car is on State Street in the left background.<br>
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. <br>The Old State House, erected in 1796 to the designs of Charles Bulfinch, served as one of Connecticut's two state capitols until 1878 when it was replaced by the current Capitol Building. From 1878 to 1915, it served as Hartford's city hall. <br>The Federal Building in City Hall Square housing the Post Office was begun in 1873 and completed in 1883. Also known as the Government Building. <br>
Date created	[ca. 1900]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 13 x 19 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number X.2000.37.52<br>File name 2830 img0041.pcd<br>
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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