884--956 Main St. and 36 Talcott St., Hartford, Connecticut. County/parish: Hartford.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 23, 1995. NRIS 95000284.
Part of Hartford Downtown MRA (NRIS 64000093).
3 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
The Department Store Historic District is a historic district in the Downtown Hartford neighborhood of the city of Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
It is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) area that, in 1995, included three contributing buildings, one other contributing structure, and one contributing object. It includes a building that is separately listed on the NRHP: the Cheney Building which is also known as the Brown Thomson Building.
The district is significant because of the important economic role of the three department stores in the district.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132353168