Connecticut Mutual purchases another property for its new home office building

1. The building currently on the property was described as “an old double brick building” that was used by Purinton & Smith as an office.
2. The company planned to demolish the building on the property and to build in its place a heating plant for its future home office building.
3. The property at 46-48 Collins Street was very close to the railroad tracks, which obviated hauling coal to heat the new office building.

The Courant reported on February 11, 1924, that the company had purchased or secured options to purchase properties on Asylum Hill for its new home office building.

Benjamin Wistar Morris was currently at work on plans for the new home office building.

Connecticut Mutual was also considering generating power for the new office building at the planned heating plant.  The company was already generating power for its office building downtown at the corner of Main and Pearl Streets.

“The desire to save the new home office building from being marred by a tall smoke stack and to effect economies in the cost of heating the building actuated the company to arrange for a separate heating plant.”

Purinton & Smith were dealers in machinery and tools.

Unattributed.  “Conn. Mutual Life acquires property,” Hartford Courant, July 18, 1924, page 1.