Historic Landmark Treasures of Northern Main Street, Hartford CT

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This video is about historic landmarks along Main Street in Hartford, north of the intersection with Albany Avenue up to the border with the Town of Windsor. The landmarks include the Fuller Brush Factory (currently undergoing redevelopment), the second oldest house in the city, another house that's been called "The Mark Twain House of the North End," historic cemeteries and several Black churches with long histories in the city. Many of the buildings played an important role in the city's Jewish history. 00:00 Intro 01:24 Clay-Arsenal Station 02:34 The Belden 03:14 Cadwell House 03:38 Lost Buildings 05:13 Widows' Homes 05:50 Old North Cemetery 07:30 Union Baptist Church 07:54 Mather Homestead 09:00 Gospel Lighthouse Apostolic Church 11:32 Faith Congregational Church 12:37 Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church 13:36 Spring Grove Cemetery 14:52 Star Hardware 15:56 Fuller Brush Factory 17:23 Marsh House This video features images from the Library of Congress, the Connecticut State Library, the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History and the Hartford History Center at the Hartford Public Library. CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) photos from Wikipedia users John Phelan and Grondemar Assets from: Envato Elements, Google Earth Studio Support the site here: https://ko-fi.com/danielsterner Please check out my Substack REMEMBERING OLD HARTFORD https://oldhartford.substack.com My Books (These are links to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases): A Guide to Historic Hartford, Connecticut: https://amzn.to/4bNbiAR Vanished Downtown Hartford: https://amzn.to/3IhK7Ao Subscribe to the channel: / @historywithdansterner263 Check out my historic buildings website: historicbuildingsct.com