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Cheney Building | |
 Cheney Building | |
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| Location | 942 Main Street Hartford, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°46′4.3″N72°40′22.1″W / 41.767861°N 72.672806°W /41.767861; -72.672806 |
| Architect | H. H. Richardson |
| Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| Part of | Department Store Historic District (ID95000284) |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002852 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 6, 1970 |
| Designated CP | March 23, 1995 |
TheR. and F. Cheney Building, also known as theBrown Thomson Building, is a commercial building designed by noted American architectH. H. Richardson. It is located at 942 Main Street,Hartford, Connecticut, and is now on theNational Register of Historic Places.
The Cheney Building was constructed 1875–1876 for the Cheney Brotherssilk manufacturers inManchester, Connecticut. It was originally a multipurpose structure with five small shops on the ground floor, and offices and apartments above. For many years it housed Brown Thomson's department store, and later theG. Fox and Company. As of 2007, it has been renamed the Richardson Building, and is now a Residence Inn by Marriott, offices, stores, restaurants, and rehearsal space for The Hartford Stage Company.
The building dominates its corner location and, with towers and attic, is various described as containing five, six, or seven stories. Its facade is organized into three heavy, horizontal tiers of roughly cut, reddishbrownstone punctuated with much lighter Berealimestone trim. The lowest tier is defined by a series of huge round arches in striking polychrome bands, a motif repeated in the stories above at an increasingly smaller scale. The ground-floor tier on the Main Street facade features five broad arches above shop windows and doors, the second a two-story arcade of 10 major openings, and the third a single-story arcade of 14 openings.
The building is crowned with low, asymmetric towers at its Main Street corners. The street corner tower was earlier topped by a pyramidal roof.
Until 2024, the building housed a local brewery called City Steam Brewery. The building is currently home to aResidence Inn Marriott, aFastsigns, and a local restaurant named Pietro's Pizza.
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