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January 2014: Parkville Industrial Historic District | First Night, First Year | Preservation Guidelines: Windows | Annual Appeal
HPA Unveils New Website | From the Office | Supporting HPA | Spotlight on Hartford Neighborhoods and Architects: Scarborough Street – an Historic Parkway – Smith & Bassette – 68 Scarborough Street – Farmington Avenue – Transformation of a Turnpike Road – Theodore Irving Coe – First Methodist Church 571 Farmington Avenue | Renzulli Academy Students Explore Hartford’s “Talking Buildings” | Tim Adams – An Intern’s Experience at HPA | What Once Was – 1340 Asylum Avenue (Allyn Estate) | 2012 Preservation Awards | Hartford Preservation Alliance has much to offer!
Historic Preservation in the Capital City | new employee Ewa Koza | From the Office | Supporting HPA | News from the Board | By the Numbers: Historic Preservation in Connecticut 2000-2012 | HPA has much to offer | What One Was 510 Farmington Avenue Lester & Martha Ensworth house
2011 Hartford Preservation Alliance Awards: Katherine Pacelle, Ricardo Wijndal & Michael Richters for the Facade Restoration of 14 Charter Oak Place; 485 Main Street Associates LLC for adaptive reuse of 485 Main Street; John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center for Community Education, the Hartford African American Heritage Trail website; Peter & Diane Valin, for historic restoration of 1380 Asylum Avenue, Anne McAloon, HPA Volunteer of the Year; the City of Hartford & NINA, for the facade restoration and in-fill construction at 87-89 Atwood Street; Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation, for the landscape restoration of 118 Main Street (Henry Barnard House); Connecticut Landmarks, for the Greening Infrastructure of the Butler-McCook House & Amos Bull House; Spring Grove Cemetery, for their placement on the National Register of Historic Places; Fairfield Avenue Neighbors Assocation, for the creation of the Fairfield Avenue National Historic District; Historic Preservation & Museum Division of the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, for community education with the Connecticut Heritage Freedom Trail booklet & website; Greg Secord, for outstanding contributions to Historic Preservation and the Hartford Community; HUB of Hartford Steering Committee, for Neighborhood Revitilization, the Hartford I-84 Viaduct Study; Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (NINA), for the historic rehabilitation of 235-237 Sargeant Street; West End Civic Association and their Architectural History and Resources Committee, for the creation of the Oxford-Whitney Streets National Register Historic District; PMC Property Group, for the Historic Rehabilitation on Imlay & Hawthorn Streets; Meet the Board!; Federal and State Rehabilitation Tax Credits by board member Bill Claffey; Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch by volunteer Anne McAloon; Lost Hartford.
Highlights of 2010; new employee Lynda D. Karas; Greening of America’s Capitals; New Board members: Joyce Bolaños and Heidi Sirota; photographs of expanded HPA office space 56 Arbor Street; HPA services and programs
Swift Factory 10-60 Love Lane deeded to Northeast Neighborhood Partners; Supporting HPA; Jane’s Walk West End October 9, 2010; Insurance Atlases; Your Voice Along with HPA’s Bolsters Historic Preservation Efforts in Hartford; Vanished Hartford; New Money from Old Places: Historic Preservation Incentives for the Economy.
Spaces & Places. Research Your Home Without Leaving Home; 2010 HPA Award Winners: The Hartford School Building Committee for 1304 Main Street (Henry Barnard School); Connecticut Preservation Action for Advocacy for Historic Preservation; James K. Grant for Lifetime Achievement; The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism for Community Education (Being Modern in Hartford); Jan & David Klein and Kate & Christian Winkley for Historic Rehabilitation of 79 Girard Avenue; Ross Zachs & Michael Miller for Historic Painting of 76 North Beacon Street; Common Ground for the Adaptive Reuse of 410 Asylum Avenue (The Capitol Building); Antonella Bona for Historic Facade Restoration of 139 Fern Street; Molly Knorr & Mark Drusedum for Historic Facade and Bridge Restoration 1144 Prospect Avenue; NINA for Historic Rehabilitation of 291-293 Sargeant Street; The Archdiocese of Hartford for the Adaptive Reuse of 809 Asylum Avenue (St. Joseph Cathedral School); PMC Property Group for Historic Rehabilitation of 210 Farmington Avenue (The Ambassador). Update: 10-60 Love Lane (Swift Factory). In the Neighborhoods: Oxford-Whitney Streets Historic District, Fairfield Avenue Neighborhood Alliance.
2009 HPA Award Winners: Riverfront Recapture and the Connecticut Department of Transportation for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the construction of the Bulkeley Bridge; The Seymour Family for the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of 105 Asylum Street (Stackpole Moore Tryon building); University of Hartford and Smith Edwards Architects for the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of 35 Westbourne Parkway (Thomas Cadillac building); Immanuel Congregational Church for historic window replacement; Christian Activities Council for the rehabilitation of 19 and 29 Edgewood Street; A. R. Godbout & Company for the restoration of 137 Seymour Street; Andrew Friedman, Ananda Walden, Bob MacDonnell and Nancy Schoeffler for the illustrated Hartford Courant article (June 20 2008) on Hartford architectural styles; The Parisky Group (Flora and Sandy Parisky and Jean King) for the support of non-profit and preservation work throughout Hartford; Immanuel Hudson House, Inc. for the in-fill housing at 363 Hudson Street (“The Seasons”); Trinity College and Smith Edwards Architecture for the restoration of the Trinity Long Walk; Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (NINA) for the revitilization of the Asylum Hill neighborhood. Threatened: 10 & 60 Love Lane M. Swift & Sons; Then & Now: 64 Deerfield Avenue; 1234 Prospect Avenue, Elisha Wadsworth House; Landmark Lost: 118 Franklin Avenue. Upper Albany by Katherine Harris. Clay Arsenal by Katherine Harris. 461 Farmington Avenue (Charles W. Newton House).
2009 HPA Award Winners Announced; Coming Events; HPA’s Advocacy for Historic Preservation; Supporting HPA; Board and Staff Updates; HPA: Serving All Those Who Care About Hartford
2008 HPA Award Winners; Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards of Excellence; Rudy Favretti Receives Jainschigg Award; Mary A. Falvey Joins HPA Staff; David Bahlman, new CCT Director of the Historic Preservation and Museum Division; Old North: A Historic Cemetery in Distress, Henry Arneth; In Memoriam – Linda Osten; The Conundrum of the Urban University, Molly Fitzgerald; House Styles of Hartford, Yuwei Xie; Vision Gives Second Life to a Vacant Educational Facility (Northwest District School), Katherine Harris; David Panagore, new City of Hartford Director of Development Services; Colt Industrial National Historic District designated National Historic Landmark; Rep. John B. Larson Receives Harlan H. Griswold Award; Connecticut Landmarks Acquires Amos Bull House; 461 Farmington Avenue; Lyric Theater Threatened; 34-38 Fraser Place Demolished; 116 Ann Street (aka 490 Ann Uccello Street); 742 Asylum Avenue
Coltsville: On The Road to Becoming a National Landmark; Local Initiatives: Ridgefield Street Local Historic District, 461 Farmington Avenue, Northwest Jones School/John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center, Austin Organ 158 Woodland Street, 95 Huntington Street, 140 Garden Street; Sustainable Stewardship; New State Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit; Demolition Delay Law Expanded; HPA Board of Directors: Todd Doyle & Natalie Sweeney; Capewell Horse Nail Factory; Saving the Best of Parkville; 1088 Albany Avenue; Preservation Grants: First Church of Christ, Trinity Episcopal Church, Old North Cemetery; 390 Capitol Avenue; 140 Homestead Avenue; HPA Workshops for Contractors; CT Trust Barn Grants; Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism: Karen Senich, Mary Dunne, Wayne Gannaway, Jennifer Haag & Stacey Vairo; Eugene Gaddis Magic Facade: The Austin House.
Strong partners in preservation ordinance; Old State House commentary; A Grandfather’s Contribution essay; HPA sponsors; New board members; Gap Funding; 2007 Hartford Preservation Awards; Repairing old windows;
Preservation Ordinance Takes Effect; HPA Hires Historic Resources Advisor; Saved Properties; Walking Tours; Historic Preservation Commission Members; Standards for Rehabilitation from the Secretary of the Interior.
Park and Main Design; Built It/Razed It; Demolition Update; Walking Tours; Public Safety Complex; Perez Receives Award; New Board Member; Goodbye Parsonage; HPA Youth Outreach
Historic Preservation Ordinance Adopted; Demolition Threat; Lost Hartford; Preservation Awards; Board Profiles; New President; Preservation Legislation; Telephone Hotlines; Walking Tour; 410 Asylum Update
Phoenix on National Register Executive Director Hired; Demolition Threat; President’s Corner; News Briefs; Walking Tours; Historic Building Dismantled; Preservation Ordinance Update; HPA Online; Victorian Hartford
Preservation Ordinance; 410 Asylum Street Update; Asylum Hill Walking Tour; Preservation Week Awardees;
Endangered Properties; Capewell Building Update; West End Plaques; New Board Members; Surdna Foundation Grant
Advocacy Committee; Capitol Building Litigation; 47 Sigourney Street Move; Busway Plan Update; Cathedral Lyceum Renovation; Capewell Building Progress; HPA Holiday Party; City Preservation Ordinance; Board of Education Building
Preservation Ordinance; Asylum Hill Demolition Threats; CHC Survives; Capewell Project; Preservation Week Awardees; Frog Hollow Walking Tour; Membership Report; New Board Members; Coltsville Developer; Frog Hollow Celebration
Historical Commission Budget Threatened; Design Center; 410 Asylum Street, 233 Washington Street, Hartford Websites
247 Washington St. Threatened; Park and Main Building Lost; Parisky Group Hired; CHC Budget Attack; 2002 Preservation Week Awardees; Sage Allen; Building Update; Sherman Street; Fundraising Appeal; Volunteers Needed; Rivard Building