Tarantino Roofing and Copper Smith

Tarantino Roofing and Copper Smith

Description: Tarantino Roofing is an accomplished Licensed Builder who has applied his skills and talents to his Roofing Company successfully for over 30 years, serving the Roofing and Custom Copperwork needs of countless Homeowners and Business owners as well as...

The Architects-Robert B. Hurd

Description: The Architects provides preservation planning, historic structure reports, restoration, adaptive use and preparation of historic tax credit documents. The company recently developed design and construction documents and performed construction review for...

William Gould Architectural Preservation, LLC

Description: William Gould has more than 44 years of architectural preservation and restoration experience. His company provides architectural planning and analysis, historic design and preservation consulting, dismantling and relocating historic structures as well as...
We’ve Protected 2 Buildings with Easements!

We’ve Protected 2 Buildings with Easements!

Two historic Connecticut houses are ensured of permanent protection thanks to preservation easements recently donated to the Connecticut Trust.  The Adam Stanton House (ASH) in Clinton is one of Connecticut’s oldest house museums. Built in 1791 by a prosperous...
Preservationists Rally for Bridgeport Building

Preservationists Rally for Bridgeport Building

Bridgeport residents, community activists, and city officials are leading an effort to find a new use for the former West End branch library (1922). A gateway building at the intersection of State Street and Fairfield Avenue, the building has been a bank and a youth...

Historic Tax Credit Project Profiles

Learn about seven incredible tax credit projects from around the state of Connecticut, which have revived historic buildings through the use of state and local historic preservation tax credits.  They are:   Capewell Horse Nail Company, Hartford, CT  Capitol Lofts,...
Supporting the Antiquities Act of 2018

Supporting the Antiquities Act of 2018

The Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation recently sent a letter to our Congressional delegation – two Senators and five Representatives – in support of the Antiquities Act of 2018.   The challenge the Antiquities Act of 2018 aims to address is the...
Hartford’s Swift Factory is Reborn

Hartford’s Swift Factory is Reborn

Over the weekend, community leaders gathered in the North End of Hartford for a groundbreaking ceremony for a $34 million renovation of the M. Swift & Sons Factory, which will include food businesses, a kitchen incubator, and an indoor hydroponic farm.   At 65,000...
Our Book Hits the Shelves in November!

Our Book Hits the Shelves in November!

The first comprehensive illustrated history of Connecticut architectural heritage, Connecticut Architecture: Stories of 100 Places by Christopher Wigren, is scheduled for release November 6.  Connecticut boasts some of the oldest and most distinctive architecture in...