Site of the First Skyscraper in Hartford, CT (History of the NW corner of Main and Asylum Streets)

Now dominated by a parking lot, the northwest corner of Main and Asylum Streets in Hartford has had several interesting buildings over the years. There was the original Catlin Building (1821-1897), a newer Catlin Building (1897-1911), and then the Hartford-Aetna Building, considered to be Hartford's first skyscraper, built in 1912 and demolished in 1990.

In this video, I also talk about the early colonial history of this corner, using the same three historic maps I used in my previous video about about the corner of Main and Pearl Streets:
https://youtu.be/r62w8wyOU9k

Credit photograph of the Catlin Building in 1897:
Record Group 064, PG 420, Taylor Collection of Early Hartford Photographs, State Archives, Connecticut State Library

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Видео Site of the First Skyscraper in Hartford, CT (History of the NW corner of Main and Asylum Streets) канала History with Dan Sterner