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The restoration Joseph Hartford Museum.
In 1792 the Connecticut legislature authorized the building of a new State House in Hartford. It was designed by Charles Bulfinch (1763--1844) and was his first public commission, followed by the Massachusetts State House (completed in 1798) and the Maine State House (completed in 1829).
The two-story brick and brownstone Hartford State House was completed in 1796 in time for the legislature to open its spring session there on May 11. In addition to chambers for the senate, the house of representatives, and the courts, there were offices for the governor, comptroller, treasurer, secretary of state, and the school fund (board of education). On the third floor were ...
- Connecticut Courant
- Reference information from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger January 1, 1995 700+ words
Connecticut Courant, see Hartford Courant .
- THE STATE HOUSE
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Susan Wilson, Special to the Globe July 16, 1987 700+ words
...writer. To some, the Massachusetts State House is just a lovely landmark -- a glittering...halls and elegant chambers since the new State House doors first opened on Jan. 11, 1798...past into the present day. Today the State House is in the midst of an ambitious $26...
- New Plan in Works for Old Connecticut State House.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 2, 2003 700+ words
...months after assuming control of the Old State House, the Connecticut Historical Society...Service. Rather than operating the Old State House as a general museum housing revolving...restore the financially strapped Old State House to prominence and a potential stepping...
- Greater Cleveland Partnership Political Action Committee Endorses State House...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 22, 2008 700+ words
...District 24 - State Representative Tom Patton (R) State House District 7 - State Representative Kenny Yuko (D) State House District 8 - State Representative Armond Budish (D) State House District 11 - State Representative Sandra Williams...
- Dr. Dolittle - State House doc is in, but there's little to do.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Battenfeld, Joe May 22, 1997 700+ words
...every polished marble corner of the State House, danger lurks. Paper cuts. Headaches...staffed physician's office in the State House - even though most state employees are...oversees three nurses - who work out of the State House and McCormack building - where state...
- Legislators OK State House security plan.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Harris, Kenneth A. October 24, 2001 700+ words
...to reduce the risks of terrorism at the State House complex. Concerns over State House security escalated after the Sept. 11 terrorist...After lengthy and at times tense debate, the State House Committee endorsed a security package that...
- CT State House sold for $97m.(State House Financial Associates, LLC)
- Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly March 14, 2007 700+ words
...negotiate the sale of the 837,255 s/f State House Square complex in downtown Hartford...The Class A+ property was sold by State House Financial Associates, LLC, an entity...the exclusive investment advisor for State House Financial Associates, LLC and also...
- Locating liberty: volunteer surveyors establish the location of the State House...
- Magazine article from: Point of Beginning Babcock, Todd December 1, 2005 700+ words
...Monday morning, church bells and the State House bell had tolled to call the people together...to address the crowd called to the State House yard. The balcony upon which he stood...about the events that took place at the State House during the summer of 1776. This home...
