Spencer House (Hartford, Connecticut)
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| Location | 1039 Asylum Ave., Hartford, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°46′18″N 72°42′0″W / 41.77167°N 72.70000°WCoordinates: 41°46′18″N 72°42′0″W / 41.77167°N 72.70000°W |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| Built | 1929 |
| Architect | Ebbets & Frid |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Asylum Hill MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001265[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1983 |
The Spencer House is a historic house at 1039 Asylum Avenue in Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1929 for a bank chairman, it is one of the last grand houses to be built in the city's Asylum Hill area, and is a good example of Georgian Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
Description and history[]
The Spencer House is located west of downtown Hartford in the city's Asylum Hill neighborhood, on the south side of Asylum Avenue at its junction with Gillett Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story masonry structure, built out of red brick with wooden trim. It is covered by a side gable roof pierced by three gabled dormers finished in wooden shingles. The main facade is five bays wide, with a recessed center entrance fronted by a gabled portico supported by round columns. An ell extends to the rear of the main block. The interior follows a center hall plan, with what was historically the main parlor on the left, and the library and dining room on the right, with service facilities in the ell.[2]
The house was built in 1929 for Arthur Spencer Jr., chairman of the board of the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company. It was designed by Ebbets & Frid, and marked the end of Asylum Hill's period as the city's fashionable residential area. The neighborhood entered a decline with the advent of the Great Depression, and has lost many houses to subsequent commercial development. This house was adapted for use as a medical office in 1959, and as a radio station studio facility in the 1970s.[2]
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References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Spencer House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
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