Daytailer House was built in 1857 in beautiful Italian villa style architecture. At the same time, Colt Revolver creator Samuel Colt directly built Armsmear real estate across the street. 81 Located in the heart of the Colt Architectural heritage in Wethersfield Avenue, it is home to some famous Hartford family in Connecticut.
Day-Taylor House was built by a highly respected Hartford architect, Hirim Billel. This architect built a Connecticut State Capitol building and a memorial hall in Bushnell Park. It was influenced by the thought of Andrew · Jackson · Downing who wrote the paper on landscape design and architecture which was widely popular at the time. This is an example of a style called "Italian cuisine" based on farmers in Italy, popular with farmers in Italy, and is portrayed in the popular landscape painting at this time.
A three-story red brick stone building and a white border building are an asymmetrical façade dominated by cupola of flat roof cupola, balcony, cast iron laptop, floor-to-ceiling arched windows of all levels It is equipped with. The brackets covering the low pitch roof and the cupola are particularly detailed and gorgeous. The three-part veranda of the front facade is supported by an elaborate Corinthian column. The front façade has not changed from its original structure.
The first owner and resident were Albert F. Day, the descendant of Robert Day who was one of Hartford's former colonial settlers. The house was occupied later by the father, Connecticut State Attorney General. Later owners included Mary Borden Munsill and Edwin Taylor of Bodensee Milk. In 1928 the house was purchased at the Eagles Medal and Headquarters which was used as a house mansion. In 1974, it was purchased by the Hartford Redevelopment Agency.
Day-Taylor House is also important for Hartford's Colt architectural heritage that spans two blocks along both sides of Wethersfield Avenue. This area was designated as Historic District of Coltsville.
Day - Taylor House was registered in the National Historic Site in 1975. Received a major restoration in 1979, the building now functions as an office. One of Hartim 's most prominent architect Hirim Billel built that it was built directly over the street from Samuel Colt home and Armsmith Estate Park in the same year, What has been occupied by many famous Hartford residents has become one of Connecttut's most important historical houses, Hartford.
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