Footguard and High Sts., Hartford, Connecticut. County/parish: Hartford.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 23, 1984. NRIS 84000771.
Part of Hartford Downtown MRA (NRIS 64000093).
1 contributing building.Footguard Hall was the headquarters and armory of the First Company Governor's Footguard of the state Connecticut, a ceremonial military company founded in 1771 and originally tasked with protecting the governor and state legislature. The hall is located at 159 High Street, in Hartford, Connecticut, in a Romanesque Revival brick building built in 1888. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 in recognition of the organization's history and its distinctive architecture. The First Company Governor's Footguard now uses the Governor William A. O'Neill State Armory at 360 Broad Street, Hartford, Connecticut.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132353200