Hartford Erased These Historic Houses — Prospect Street's Lost East Side

This video shares the history of some great historic homes that lined the east side of Prospect Street in Hartford, Connecticut. They were associated with some of the city's most porominent citizens: judges, lawyers, physicians, businessmen, authors, and a beloved professor. Their patronage helped to develop the arts and society during Hartford's heyday. #hartford #connecticut #history #historicarchitecture #oldhouses #lostbuildings #hartfordclub #knightsofcolumbus This video features images from the Library of Congress, the Connecticut State Library, the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, the Hartford History Center (Hartford Public Library), the New York Public Library and Lawrence Ploudre. 00:00 Introduction 02:07 American Hotel & Parsons Theater 03:19 Ellsworth House - Travelers - Hartford Steamboiler 04:32 Judge Parsons House - Merrill's Hotel 08:13 Day & Goodrich Houses - Hartford Club 09:32 Perkins & Wells Houses 12:00 Hunt Memorial & Elks Lodge 13:22 Williams House - Art Society - Knights of Columbus 15:21 Kellog House 16:18 Hunt & Clark Houses 18:08 Hartford Times Building Support the site here: https://ko-fi.com/danielsterner Please check out my Substack REMEMBERING OLD HARTFORD https://oldhartford.substack.com My Books (These are links to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases): A Guide to Historic Hartford, Connecticut: https://amzn.to/4bNbiAR Vanished Downtown Hartford: https://amzn.to/3IhK7Ao