Main Street Historic District No. 2

Main Street Historic District No. 2
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location:	W. Main, N. Central Row, E. Prospect Sts., and N. Atheneum Sq., Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates:	41°45′52″N 72°40′23″W / 41.76444°N 72.67306°W / 41.76444; -72.67306Coordinates: 41°45′52″N 72°40′23″W / 41.76444°N 72.67306°W / 41.76444; -72.67306
Area:	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built:	1906
Architect:	Multiple
Architectural style:	Classical Revival, Moderne, Renaissance Revival
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Hartford Downtown MRA
NRHP Reference#:	84001272[1]
Added to NRHP:	December 23, 1984

The Main Street Historic District No. 2 is a historic district in Hartford, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, at which time it included seven contributing buildings over a nine acre area.^[1]

The district is located in the vicinity of Main Street and Central Row.

The district includes several contributing buildings:

• Putnam Tower, 6 Central Row
• Travelers Office Building, 9-17 Central Row
• Marble Pillar Building, 19-25 Central Row
• Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co. Building, 56 Prospect Street
• Travelers Office Building, 59 Prospect Street (also known as 26 Grove Street)
• Travelers Tower, 1 Tower Square

and one noncontributing building:

• Travelers Office Building, 740 Main St.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Historic Downtown Hartford: Main Street Historic District No. 2". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/84001272.pdf.  and Accompanying ten photos from 1984