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Pratt Street is a one-block street in Downtown Hartford, running east-west between Main Street on the east and Trumbull Street (across from the XL Center) in the west.It is lined by fifteen buildings (eight on one side and seven on the other) that are distinctly more modest in scale than those on the surrounding streets, ranging in height from two to six stories.
Today, the 19-room residence sits on 4 acres (1.6 ha) and has 15,000 square feet (1,400 m 2) of living space with nine fireplaces, nine bathrooms, a pool and a pergola. The Governor's Mansion is a contributing building in the Prospect Avenue Historic District , which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
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The Town of Trumbull purchased it from the church in 1974. This tract was then known as the Woods Estate and is now the home of the Trumbull Historical Society. [ 12 ] Recent research has determined that Nichols holdings totaled around 285 acres (1.15 km 2 ) of land, of which 55 acres (0.22 km 2 ) remains as open space today.
The estimate of the building date comes partially from land records, and partially from the location of the bake oven in the kitchen. [34] Massaco Forest Pavilion – Off Farms Village Rd., Stratton Brook State Park (added 1986). Simsbury Center Historic District – Roughly, Hopmeadow St. from West St. to Massaco St. (added 1996).
The first floor of the interior is divided into a parlor, dining room, and bedroom, with a kitchen and pantry in the ell. The second floor has bedrooms and a secret "bolthole" chamber which Governor Trumbull used as an office. The house includes a selection of Trumbull possessions, as well as other period items. [3]
The Nichols Avenue portion of Route 108 in Trumbull is the third-oldest documented highway in Connecticut, after the Mohegan Road, Connecticut Route 32 in Norwich (1670) and the King's Highway, or Boston Post Road Route 1 (1673).