141 Kenyon Street, West End of Hartford

141 Kenyon Street - Hartford

Don’t miss this West End gem! Welcome home to a classic Victorian with amazing architectural details, all in excellent condition. The front porch invites you up to the main entrance with a paneled original door. Inside, an open foyer greets you with a comfortable space that includes intricate natural woodwork. The living room features an ironspot brick fireplace and the first of several bay windows. A built-in cabinet and stained glass window anchor a large

Historic Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit Q&A

Two previous articles about the Historic Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit have generated a number of questions. We have gathered the most common and reached out to an expert to get the best answers possible. Hopefully this will point you in the right direction if this program is relevant to you… What is the Historic Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit? We’ve written two versions of the overview. The first was in 2011 and focused on the nuts

Hartford Area Ice Skating

Hartford Winterfest 2012

Hartford Winterfest features free public ice skating on a new and larger outdoor rink in Downtown Hartford’s Bushnell Park. This year the event runs from Friday, November 23rd, 2012 through Monday, January 21st, 2013. There are other skating facilities and opportunities in the area too. Here’s a (likely incomplete) list of ones we have found: Veteran’s Memorial Ice Skating Rink, West Hartford Trinity Community Sports Complex Ice Skating Rink, Hartford International Skating Center of Connecticut,

Historic Homes Rehab Tax Credit in Action

Last fall we wrote about the Historic Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit, hoping to introduce it to our friends and neighbors. A year later we’re revisiting the subject for a variety of reasons. One is because it has come up in the WECA Architectural History and Resources Committee, and that group is looking to spread the word in any way they can. Also because people are beginning to take advantage of the program, so there’s a