Connecticut State Capitol
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Connecticut State Capitol
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North facade of the Connecticut State Capitol, facing Bushnell Park.
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| Location | Hartford, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°45′50.89″N 72°40′58″W / 41.7641361°N 72.68278°WCoordinates: 41°45′50.89″N 72°40′58″W / 41.7641361°N 72.68278°W |
| Built | 1872-1878 |
| Architect | Richard M. Upjohn, (1802-1878), with James G. Batterson, (1823-1901). |
| Architectural style | "Eastlake Movement" style |
| NRHP Reference # | 70000834 |
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| Added to NRHP | December 30, 1970 |
| Designated NHL | December 30, 1970 |
The Connecticut State Capitol is located north of Capitol Avenue and south of Bushnell Park in Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. The building houses the Connecticut General Assembly; the upper house, the State Senate, and lower house, the House of Representatives, as well as the office of the Governor of the State of Connecticut. The Connecticut Supreme Court (built 1908–1910) sits across Capitol Avenue in a different building.
The current building is the third capitol building for the State of Connecticut since the American Revolution.
The General Assembly of Connecticut (state legislature) met alternately in Hartford and New Haven since before the American Revolution. When in Hartford, the General Assembly met in the Old State House, designed in 1792 by Charles Bulfinch, and when sitting in New Haven, in a State House designed in 1827 by Ithiel Town. After the Civil War, the complications of this plan began to be evident, and both Hartford and New Haven competed to be sole state capital. Hartford won, and the new sole capital needed one central capitol building. The General Assembly authorized a million dollar project, and two competitors, James G. Batterson and Richard M. Upjohn, vied to be awarded the project. Upjohn won, but Batterson, a stone importer and merchant and not an architect, was named the building contractor. Batterson then continually revised the Upjohn plan to more and more closely resemble his own plan. The central tower, for example, is Batterson's, not Upjohn's. Batterson's extensive elaboration of Upjohn's plan ended up more than doubling the cost to over $2,500,000.
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