Burritt Hotel - New Britain, CT
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The Burritt Hotel has been converted into the Burritt House, an affordable housing apartment building, located at 67 W. Main Street in New Britain, CT.
Waymark Code: WM17TRY
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2023
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Burritt Hotel was a fashionable, luxury hotel located in downtown New Britain. The six story high building, that faces both W. Main Street and Washington Street, was designed by H.L. Stevens Company in the Georgian Revival style and built in 1924.
The W. Main Street side is nine bays wide. The ground floor has a a canopied entrance in the center and three storefronts on each side. The second story has seven windows. The three bays above the entrance has a single window flanked by two bricked up windows.
The upper floors are subdivided by stone piasters into groups of two - one - three - one - two bays. The third floor has balustrades below all but the 1st and 3rd windows of the middle bay. the windows at bays 1, 2, 5, 8, and 9 are topped with stone arches. Windows at bay 3 and 7 have linear keystone lintels. The fourth and fifth bays have unadorned windows. The sixth floor windows on bays 1,2,8, and 9 have linear keystone lintels.
The main block on the Washington Street side has four projecting bays. The remainder of the building is set back from the main block.
Today the hotel building is called the Burritt House. It has 65 affordable studio and one-bedroom apartments for qualifying elderly and disabled individuals and their families.
Street address:
67 W. Main Street
New Britain, CT United States
06051
County / Borough / Parish: Hartford
Year listed: 1983
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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