Eno Memorial Hall is a historic civic building at 754 Hopmeadow Street in
Simsbury, Connecticut
Simsbury is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, incorporated as Connecticut's 21st town in May 1670. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 24,517 in the 2020 census.
History
Early history
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. Built in 1932, it served historically as a courthouse, as a city hall, as an auditorium, and as government offices. It was designed by
Roy D. Bassette, and was given to the town by Antoinette Eno Wood, who was descended from some of the town's early settlers. It presently serves as the town's senior center. The hall was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1993.
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Description and history
Eno Memorial Hall stands in the center of Simsbury, on the east side of Hopmeadow Street between Station Street and Wilcox Street. The building is a Classical Revival brick and stone structure, two stories in height, with a hip roof. A tetrastyle two-story Greek Revival temple front projects from the center of the building, and it is topped by a three-stage clock tower with gilded dome. The building houses an auditorium seating about 600, as well as smaller rooms in the flanking wings.[ and ]
The hall was a gift to the town by Antoinette Eno Wood, a descendant of one of the town's early settlers. Her father, Amos Eno
Amos Richards Eno (November 1, 1810 – February 21, 1898) was an American real estate investor and capitalist in New York City. He built the Fifth Avenue Hotel and many other developments on the streets of Broadway and Fifth Avenue, where he es ...
, was a Simsbury native and a major real estate developer in New York City
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. It was completed in 1932, and originally housed the town offices and its storage vault, in addition to the meeting and performance space. The town offices were moved out in 1969, and town meetings were moved to the Belden School auditorium in 1983.[ The building is now managed as part of the town's senior center.
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See also
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References
External links
Simsbury Senior Center
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National Register of Historic Places in Hartford County, Connecticut
Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
Colonial Revival architecture in Connecticut
Neoclassical architecture in Connecticut
Buildings and structures completed in 1932
Buildings and structures in Simsbury, Connecticut
Historic district contributing properties in Connecticut
Town halls in Connecticut