Design for the Hartford County Building in Hartford CT, 1927. Paul P. Cret and Smith & Bassette

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of the First Place Design for the Hartford County Building in Hartford, Connecticut.  HAND-COLORED.  Paul P. Cret and Smith & Bassette, Architects.  From the American Architect and Building News, January 5, 1927.

This picture is extremely hard to find, as the American Architect and Building News not only had a very small circulation during that time, but very few were actually preserved or colored as this has been.  It measures 11.75 by 8.75 inches.  Has a mat border and foam core backing (not attached to the picture).  The whole plan measures approximately 16 by 12 inches (with mat border).  Finely detailed and beautifully hand-colored.  Shrink wrapped.

Plan is in VG+ condition with light browning along the edges and some light crinkling.

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