Department Store Historic District

Department Store Historic District
Cheney Building
Location884--956 Main St. and 36 Talcott St., Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates41°46′5″N 72°40′22″W / 41.76806°N 72.67278°W / 41.76806; -72.67278
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1876
ArchitectIsaac A. Allen Jr.; Henry Hobson Richardson; Cass Gilbert
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Renaissance, Romanesque
MPSHartford Downtown MRA
NRHP reference No.95000284
Added to NRHPMarch 23, 1995

The Department Store Historic District is a historic district in the Downtown Hartford neighborhood of the city of Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

It is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) area that, in 1995, included three contributing buildings, one other contributing structure, and one contributing object. It includes a building that is separately listed on the NRHP: the Cheney Building which is also known as the Brown Thomson Building.

The district is significant because of the important economic role of the three department stores in the district.