FROM THE BRIDGEPORT HISTORY CENTER: Skyscraper of its time

Sunday, 02 May 2010 17:53

Hotel Barnum (originally known as Hotel Beach) opened at 140 Fairfield Avenue in 1928.

The Romanesque Revival style building was designed by architects Thomas, Martin & Kilpatrick. It offered a “metropolitan” look of the period, being made of Skindle brick.

The 12-story structure still stands today, near Baldwin Plaza and the rear of the State Superior Courthouse, just west of Main Street.

(Text provided by Mary K. Witkowski, who is head of the Bridgeport Public Library’s Bridgeport History Center and city historian)

Go to this Web site's "History" section to see other items on Bridgeport's history.