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25 Niles Street
Formerly, residence of James H. Tallman; currently, part of the Niles Street Community Garden
293 Farmington Avenue
Part of the Ellen Case Homestead; land purchased by O'Neil & Swenson, 1909; permits pulled for building, 1910. Includes the current addresses of 289, 295, 297, 299, and 301 Farmington Avenue as well as formerly 7 South Marshall Street.
30 Woodland Street
Formerly, residence of G. Pierrepont Davis; currently, the Regency Towers
334 Farmington Avenue
39 Woodland Street
61 Woodland Street
63 Spring Street
7 South Marshall Street
Part of the building now listed as 293 Farmington Avenue by the Hartford Office of the Tax Assessor, it was the residence on the southeast corner of the building, and the only entrance on South Marshall Street. Currently, it is described the assessor as 289 Farmington Avenue.
George Bolles House
852 Asylum Avenue
Goodwin Castle
Built 1872-1873 by James Goodwin at a cost of $400,000
Henry Green House
Home to Henry Green and his family; constructed wooden laboratory at rear of property, May 1896.
Linus Plimpton House
847 Asylum Avenue: probably built ca. 1862, substantial additions made by Linus Plimpton, 1884-1885, with John C. Mead as architect; single-family home through 1940s; senior living facility through 1988; group home managed by South Park Inn, 1990-2020
Seymour-Clark House
Lot 26 of the Old Town Farm: purchased by Dudley S. Seymour, 10/1888; petitioned to build house, 5/1889; garage built, 1914-1915; fire escape installed, 1941; addition to first floor, 1946; fire escape removed, 1980s.
The Woodland
Originally the site of the home of Francis R. Cooley, whose father, Francis B. Cooley, was one of the richest men in Hartford. In November 1960, the Hartford Zoning Board of Appeals approved construction of The Woodland, which opened in 1963,