Hartford · Hartford & Central: Hartford
Residence Inn Hartford Downtown
H. H. Richardson's Cheney Building of 1876, faced in Portland brownstone and Berea limestone, now an all-suite hotel with breakfast included.
- Built
- 1875–76Built 1875-1876 to designs by H. H. Richardson, commissioned September 1875 (NRHP nomination).
- Style
- Richardsonian Romanesque
- Architect
- Henry Hobson Richardson
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Hartford & Central: Hartford
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Henry Hobson Richardson was commissioned in September 1875 to design the commercial block originally called the Cheney Building, finished in 1876. Richardson switched from brick to rough-faced Berea limestone and Portland brownstone after seeing William Burges’s use of the two stones at Trinity College, giving the seven-story facade its contrasting, rugged look. When it was nominated to the National Register, part of the building housed the G. Fox and Co. department store. It now holds the all-suite Residence Inn by Marriott Hartford Downtown.
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Parking: on-site paid
- Pets welcome
- Address: 942 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.