The Courant reported that the top three designs for the soldiers’ monument had been selected

1. On January 25, 1882, the Courant reported that the Committee to Receive Designs on the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch had requested designs to be submitted for review.
2. The committee called J. Cleveland Cady to Hartford “last week.”

1. The prizes “will be duly awarded.”
2. On January 21, 1884, the committee will select a final design presented by George Keller.

“Mr. Luce is one of the leading architects of Boston, and many of the sightly structures at Newport were built from his plans.  The beautiful Holyoke opera house was also designed by him.”

1. May 15, 1882, was a Monday.
2. J. Cleveland Cady – or J. Cleaveland Cady – was an architect who helped found the American Institute of Architects. He attended Trinity College for one year, and although he never graduated Trinity College presented him with two honorary degrees.
3. Tryon & Brunner was an architectural firm formed by Arnold W. Brunner and Thomas Tryon.
4. Frederick C. Withers was an architect and Civil War veteran. He designed the Goodwin Castle and Trinity Episcopal Church.

Unattributed.  “Soldiers’ monument awards,” Hartford Daily Courant, May 15, 1882, page 2.