The Hartford

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690 Asylum Avenue: Built 1920-1921, architects E. S. Dodge and Baker, Thomas & Rice, general contractor Marc Eidlitz and Son, landscape design Sheffield A. Arnold; Hollis French and Allen Hubbard, mechanical engineers; occupied November 1921.

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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.

Board of Directors of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company approve the purchase of the American School for the Deaf property

05/13/1919

The Courant learns that the Hartford Fire Insurance Company has an option to buy the American School for the Deaf’s property

05/12/1919

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History

The Hartford Courant publishes the capstone on the construction of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company building

The Hartford Fire Insurance Company’s new office building officially open for business

Hartford Fire’s move up the Hill complete

Hartford Fire Insurance Company moves its office equipment up the Hill

Hartford Fire Insurance Company closes its now former offices

Hartford Fire moving into its new office

Hartford Fire hasn’t sold its old building yet

As its new building nears completion, Hartford Fire Insurance Company prepares to move up the Hill

Hartford Fire persuades Street Board to hold off on its hearing on the Broad Street extension

Courant reports that Hartford Fire is gearing up to fight Broad Street Extension

Progress on the new Hartford Fire Insurance Company office building

Property owners up in arms over planned widening of Asylum Avenue

Progress on hartford Fire's new building

Plans for the new offices of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company finally settled

The Hartford Courant extols the virtues of Hartford Fire’s move up the Hill

Progress on the new building for Hartford Fire

Deed filed at Town Clerk’s Office – the Reservoir belongs to Hartford Fire

Hartford Fire formally purchases the Garden Street Reservoir

Transfer of Garden Street Reservoir to Hartford Fire Insurance Company expected on October 18 or 20

Hartford Fire Insurance Company: purchase of Garden Street Reservoir is a done deal

Special Committee of the Hartford Board of Fire Commissioners met with Officers of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company

Employees of Hartford Fire Insurance Company find something extra in their pay envelopes

Hartford Fire Insurance Company agrees to buy the Garden Street Reservoir for $22,000

Hartford Board of Fire Commissioners votes to oppose sale of Garden Street Reservoir to Hartford Fire Insurance Company

Hartford Fire will (probably) buy the Garden Street Reservoir

Hartford Board of Water Commissioners votes to offer Garden Street Reservoir to the Hartford Fire Insurance Company

Busy day at the Old Campus of the American School for the Deaf

Hartford Fire offers the Hartford Board of Water Commissioners $20,000 for the Garden Street Reservoir

American School for the Deaf transfers title on land and buildings to Hartford Fire Insurance Company for $250,000

Special Meeting of the Hartford Board of Water Commissioners

Hartford Fire Insurance Company pushed for a new route for the Broad Street extension

The Board of the American School for the Deaf approved the sale of its property to Hartford Fire

The Courant opines on development in Hartford

Board of Directors of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company approve the purchase of the American School for the Deaf property

The Courant learns that the Hartford Fire Insurance Company has an option to buy the American School for the Deaf’s property