Lost Hartford CT: Intersection of Main and Morgan Streets Before the Highway

North of Morgan Street, where I-84 passes under Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut, once stood Rev. Horace Bushnell's North Congregational Church. It was later Germania Hall and then Herrup's Furniture store, which burned down in 1932. North of it on Village Street was the Silver Brothers Building. South of Morgan Street, there's now a parking lot that was once the location of the the Cadden Building (Demolished 1920), the First Baptist Church (demolished 1927), and the 7-story Pilgard Building (demolished in 1965).
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[@flight4951]

Another great video. Now I’m going to think about this video every time I go under that bridge.

[@retireditguy9493]

This is a fantastic video, as are your others. My grandparents lived on the east end of Morgan Street until the 1940s and then moved to Winthrop Street where I lived until I was 5. Relatives remained on Winthrop until the 1960s. I have tried to research those 2 areas, but not much seems to exist. Across the street from where we lived on Winthrop there was an ivory home with pillars. It looked out of place compared to the square brick tenement buildings that lined the street. I was told it was once the governor’s mansion, but can find no record of that.

[@gregdolecki8530]

Another interesting video. Dan, have you thought of doing a video on the long-gone jazz clubs or venues that hosted jazz that once were part of Hartford? Hartford was a major jazz hub.

[@historywithdansterner263]

I'll think about that!

[@junkandthangs]

Dan you’re the man

[@johnrubino7604]

John Pilgard was a Danish immigrant and quite successful. In the early 20th century another wave of Danish immigrants arrived in Hartford. One was my grand father Peter Boysen. Peter had a large dairy farm in Bloomfield and he developed home delivery of fresh milk by horseback in the early days (1920's) in West Hartford and Hartford and from the 1930's to the 1970's sold his milk by a coin operated machine located in many gas station and other areas for 25 cents a quart. It was quite successful and led him to buy Lincoln Dairy of Hartford. Another Dane who arrived in the early 20th century was A.C. Peterson. He and my grandfather had large farms in Bloomfield, CT. A.C. would later develop a sit down restaurant and dairy bar with many locations throughout Hartford and surrounding towns. One restaurant still exists on Farmington Ave in West Hartford although the Peterson's are no longer owners. For many years Peter and A.C. and families would get together to play cards at night and the families would keep the Danish Heritage alive for many decades.

[@historywithdansterner263]

Mange tak for din kommentar.

[@johnrubino7604]

du er Velkommen

[@LouiseStoetzner]

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[@TheBlackhawkforce]

Amazing video

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thank you!

[@junkandthangs]

I’d like to see that stretch of Jefferson Street where the Felt House is

[@junkandthangs]

Beecher Stowe and Stowe Village Public Housing would be a nice story