State Bonding Commission met to consider funding for several housing projects

The bond commission also approved funding for these additional projects:

• $1.2 million for the Bristol, 865 Broad Street, to be rehabilitated as 15 efficiency units by Broad-Park Development Corporation
• $3 million for the Neighborhood Development Initiative, which focused on Blue Hills Avenue, Franklin Avenue, North Main Street, and Park Street, all in Hartford.
• $1.1 million for low-interest loans to property owners to rehabilitate 24 “deficient housing units” in Windsor.

The Mansion House was located at 847 Asylum Avenue.

1. The Mansion House project solicited bids for environmental remediation on May 15, 1992.
2. On May 27, 1992, the municipal inspector assigned to this project visited the project site and reported that no progress had been made.
3. On July 21, 1992, William W. Crosskey II addressed a letter to Ismail Bhura requesting an extension on the building permit for this project.
4. On July 23, 1992, Ismail Bhura addressed a letter to William W. Crosskey II informing him that an extension on the building permit for the project at 847 Asylum Avenue had been granted.

The article reported that the “Victorian mansion” was once the home of “manufacturer Linus E. Plimpton.”

According to John Ferrucci, “It’s really modeled after the old boardinghouses.”

1. The Hartford Coalition for Emergency Shelter was affiliated with the South Park Inn.
2. William W. Crosskey II was the architect for the Mansion House project.
3. Ismail Bhura worked at the Hartford Department of Licenses and Inspections.
4. John Ferrucci worked for the Hartford Coalition for Emergency Shelter.

Bhura, Ismail.  “Letter to William W. Crosskey re 847 Asylum Avenue,” July 23, 1992.

Crosskey, William W., II.  “Letter to Ismail Bhura re 847 Asylum Avenue,” July 21, 1992.

Seline, Anita M.  “Bond money approved to restore housing for city’s homeless,” Hartford Courant, July 25, 1992, page D3H.