Department Store Historic District

	Department Store Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Cheney Building
Location	884--956 Main Street and 36 Talcott Street, Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°46′5″N 72°40′22″W / 41.76806°N 72.67278°W
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1876
Architect	Isaac A. Allen Jr.; Henry Hobson Richardson; Cass Gilbert
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Renaissance, Romanesque
MPS	Hartford Downtown MRA
NRHP reference No.	95000284
Added to NRHP	March 23, 1995

Location884--956 Main Street and 36 Talcott Street, Hartford, Connecticut

Coordinates41°46′5″N 72°40′22″W / 41.76806°N 72.67278°W

Area5 acres (2.0 ha)

Built1876

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.^[1]

The district is significant because of the important economic role of the three department stores in the district.^[2]

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v t e Cass Gilbert
Commercial structures	90 West Street 130 West 30th Street 510 Marquette Building Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse Broadway–Chambers Building Brooklyn Army Terminal Chase Headquarters Building Department Store Historic District First National State Bank Building Four Corners Fourth and Vine Tower Freedman's Bank Building Gibraltar Building Keeler Tavern New York County Lawyers' Association Building New York Life Building Pioneer and Endicott Buildings R. C. Williams Warehouse Rodin Studios Second Brazer Building Spalding Building U.S. Chamber of Commerce Building Woolworth Building
Educational structures	Battle Hall Cretin Hall Detroit Public Library Main Branch Hotchkiss School New Haven Free Public Library St. Louis Public Library Sutton Hall
Governmental structures	Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House Essex County Courthouse Minnesota State Capitol Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse United States Supreme Court Building Waterbury Municipal Center Complex West Virginia State Capitol
Museums	Allen Memorial Art Museum Saint Louis Art Museum
Religious structures	Grace Memorial Episcopal Church St. John the Divine Episcopal Church
Transportation	Bayonne Bridge City Island station Co-op City station Fargo station George Washington Bridge Hunts Point station Little Falls station Pelham Manor station Union Station, New Haven Westchester Avenue station
Other designs	Cordenio Severance House James Scott Memorial Fountain The Seaside

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Hartford, Connecticut
Historic districts	Allen Place–Lincoln Street Ann Street Asylum Avenue Bedford-Garden Streets Buckingham Square Capen-Clark Cedar Hill Cemetery Charter Oak Place Clay Hill Collins and Townley Streets Colt Armory Congress Street Department Store Downtown North Elm Street Fairfield Avenue Frog Hollow Goodwin Hotel Grandview Terrace Boulevard Hartford Golf Club High Street Imlay and Laurel Streets Jefferson-Seymour Laurel and Marshall Streets Lewis Street Block Little Hollywood Main Street No. 2 Nook Farm Oxford-Whitney Streets Parkside Parkville Pratt Street Prospect Avenue Sigourney Square Sisson-South Whitney South Green Trinity College Long Walk Upper Albany Watkinson School West Boulevard West End North West End South
Historic properties	777 Main Street Aetna Diner Ambassador Apartments Amos Bull House Apartment at 49–51 Spring Street Arthur G. Pomeroy House B.P.O. Elks Lodge Batterson Block Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue Bloomfield Avenue Meeting House Boce W. Barlow Jr. House Building at 136–138 Collins Street Building at 142 Collins Street Building at 83–85 Sigourney Street Bulkeley Bridge Bushnell Park Butler-McCook Homestead Calvin Day House Capewell Horse Nail Company Charter Oak Bank Building Cheney Building Chevry Lomday Mishnayes Synagogue Christ Church Cathedral Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House Connecticut State Library Day House Day-Taylor House Dillon Building Dr. Frank T. Simpson House Elizabeth Park Engine Company 1 Fire Station Engine Company 15 Fire Station Engine Company 16 Fire Station Engine Company 2 Fire Station Engine Company 6 Fire Station Engine Company 9 Fire Station First Church of Christ and the Ancient Burying Ground First National Bank Building Footguard Hall Fourth Congregational Church Fuller Brush Company Factory Complex Hartford Club Hartford Electric Light Company Maple Avenue Sub-Station Hartford International University for Religion and Peace Hartford Special Machinery Company Complex Hartford Union Station Hotel America House at 140 and 144 Retreat Avenue House at 36 Forest Street Hyde-St. John House Isham-Terry House James B. Colt House James Pratt Funeral Service John and Isabella Hooker House Judd and Root Building Keney Tower Lucius Barbour House Lyman House M. Swift and Sons Company Mansuy and Smith Automobile Showroom Building Marietta Canty House Mather Homestead Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Municipal Building Myers and Gross Building Neiditz Building North-West School Northam Memorial Chapel and Gallup Memorial Gateway Old North Cemetery Perkins–Clark House Phoenix Life Insurance Company Building Royal Typewriter Company Building Saint Anthony Hall Second Church of Christ Southern New England Telephone Company Building Spencer House Spring Grove Cemetery St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church Stackpole, Moore, and Tryon Building State Arsenal and Armory Stone Bridge Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church Temple Beth Israel The Village Underwood Computing Machine Company Factory Union Baptist Church Vine Street Apartment Buildings Wadsworth Atheneum Washington Street School Webster Memorial Building Wethersfield Avenue Car Barn Widows' Home Wilfred X. Johnson House William L. Linke House William R. Cotter Federal Building Windsor Avenue Congregational Church
National Historic Landmark Districts	Coltsville
National Historic Landmarks	A. Everett Austin House Connecticut State Capitol Harriet Beecher Stowe House Henry Barnard House Mark Twain House Old State House
Former	Capitol Building
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford, Connecticut, and List of National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut

Department Store Historic District

Brown Thomson Building

Sage-Allen Building

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