Vine Street Apartment Buildings facts for kids
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Vine Street Apartment Buildings
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| Location | 4-48 Vine St. (even numbers only), Hartford, Connecticut |
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| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1922 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival; Tudor Revival; Spanish Mission Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000002 |
| Added to NRHP | February 14, 2012 |
The Vine Street Apartment Buildings, sometimes called the Horace Bushnell Apartments, are a group of historic apartment buildings in Hartford, Connecticut. They were built between 1922 and 1925. These eleven brick buildings share similar looks and sizes. They show different building styles popular during that time. In 2012, they were added to the National Register of Historic Places, which means they are important and worth preserving.
What Are the Vine Street Apartments?
The Vine Street Apartments are located in a neighborhood in Hartford called the North End. They cover most of a city block on the east side of Vine Street. There are eleven buildings in total. Each building is three stories tall and made from brick, stone, and concrete. They all sit back from the street by the same distance.
The first nine buildings have a shared metal fence in front with brick posts. These posts create openings for people to walk through. Five of the buildings are built in the Classical Revival style. This style often uses ideas from ancient Greek and Roman buildings. Another five buildings are in the Tudor Revival style, which looks like old English country homes. One building is in the Spanish Mission style, which has features like those found in old Spanish churches in America.
How Did These Buildings Come to Be?
In the early 1900s, the area around Vine Street was part of a large estate. This estate belonged to James Junius Goodwin. He was a very successful person who worked in insurance and railroads. He was also a cousin of J. Pierpont Morgan, a famous banker.
Goodwin passed away in 1915. After he died, his large estate was divided into smaller pieces of land. These pieces were then sold for new buildings. This area became what is known as a streetcar suburb. A streetcar suburb is a neighborhood that grew up along a streetcar line, making it easy for people to travel to work or other places.
Sales of land on Vine Street began in 1922. Many buildings were constructed very quickly. Seven of the eleven apartment buildings were designed by Harry Beckanstein. He was a local architect who designed many homes in Hartford. Most of his buildings in this area show simple examples of the Classical Revival style. Some also have small details from the Tudor style.
