847 Asylum Avenue

847 Asylum Avenue

Status: Upcoming

Probably built ca. 1862, architect and builder unknown; substantial additions made by Linus Plimpton, 1884-1885, John C. Mead architect; later renovations to interior to convert house to rooming house, 1950; additional renovations to convert house to home for the aged, 1954; historic renovation to convert house to supportive housing shelter by South Park Inn, William Crosskey II architect, 1991-1996; historic rehabilitation by NINA, Michael Weisbrod architect, 2023-2025. Currently owner-occupied three-family home.

Uses

Single-Family Home

The Plimpton Household

Rooming House

Mansion House

Plimpton House

NINA Project

Private Residence

Topics

Land records

Real estate transactions as reflected in the Hartford Town and City Clerk's office.

Municipal Permits

Permits pulled by various contractors, showing the house's transformation over time

Sources

The main source for information on this page is the Hartford [Daily] Courant. Specific references to articles can be found under the timeline entries. I will soon be moving on to other, secondary sources of material, and they, as well as any additional Courant articles, will be added to the complete list of sources related to the contents on this page.

History

The City of Hartford issued a certificate of occupancy for 847 Asylum Avenue

Frank Sambor completed an audit of the renovation of 847 Asylum Avenue

State Bonding Commission met to consider funding for several housing projects

The Courant ran an Invitation to Bid on construction work at the Mansion House

Ulysses Rhone died

Barbara Levy and Diane Hoffman sell 847 Asylum Avenue to Florence Savoy

The owners built a recreation room in the basement at 847 Asylum Avenue

The Courant ran a classified ad for the “Mansion House”

Irving Levy transferred title on 847 Asylum Avenue to Barbara Levy and Diane Hoffman

Anthony Choman applied for a permit to demolish a structure at the rear of 847 Asylum Avenue

Joseph Kolosky & Son applied for a permit to make repairs at 847 Asylum Avenue

Fabio Gustafson applied for a permit to provide fire safety features at 847 Asylum Avenue

William P. Ahern Died

Gertrude Berman explained the higher cost to convert 847 Asylum Avenue into a rooming house to the City of Hartford

Mary Plimpton & Grace Plimpton sold 847 Asylum Avenue to Irving Levy

Aetna Life Insurance Company released its mortgage on 847 Asylum Avenue

Arthur H. Bradley died

Julia Bradley, Mary Plimpton, and Grace Plimpton extend their loan from Aetna Life Insurance Company.

An effort to clarify the boundary between 847 and 841 Asylum Avenue

Rene Cheruy gave a lecture on “Le Rire” at 847 Asylum Avenue

Inventory of Linus Plimpton’s estate completed

Estate of Linus Plimpton in probate court

James Plimpton succeeds Linus Plimpton at Plimpton Envelope Manufacturing Company

Linus B. Plimpton died

US Senate discussed failure to pay Plimpton Manufacturing

Arthur Bradley conveyed a strip of land to Linus Plimpton

Arthur Bradley and Julia Plimpton were married

Balf tries to burn down 847 Asylum Avenue

The Plimptons on vacation without Linus

A crow paid a visit to 847 Asylum Avenue

Plimpton Manufacturing Company purchased property on Pearl Street

Henry Morgan sold 847 Asylum Avenue to Linus Plimpton

Henry K. Morgan and George D. Morgan foreclosed on 847 Asylum Avenue

Sarah Walker Hatch died

O. L. Hatch purchased 847 Asylum Avenue from George B. Barnes

George Barnes bought 847 Asylum Avenue