Built in 1919-1920 the Trumbull apartments replaced a single family dwelling on the comer of Trumbull Street and Orange Street. The building, designed by local architects Brown and Von Beren, typifies the numerous residential luxurious apartment blocks that were constructed throughout the 1920s. Such buildings marked the changing demographics of cities at the time; they provided spacious accommodations in large building units for the middle classes, where there bad previously only been one or two family dwelling houses available'. In replacing one and two-family dwelling buildings, like the Trumbull apartments, a forcible intrusion on the scale and density of the neighborhood occurred.



The building itself is a 35 unit, five-story, brick and concrete structure, in a U-shaped plan, that is seven bays wide along Trumbull Street and six bays deep along Orange Street. The building measures 113 feet on Trumbull Street, 83.9 feet on Orange Street, 84.8 feet on its Western face, and 11 3.3 feet on its North face. "The flat roof is edged by a stone or concrete bracketed cornice and brick parapet with stone coping. The Trumbull Street facade is composed of symmetrical projecting 2 bay wide pavilions with a 3-bay recessed center portion, in which the first-floor entry is located'''. From the exterior it can be observed that the basement and first floor walls are of "rusticated cast stone masonry with double 6xl sash windows under rusticated flat arches· ... Upon entering the building one notices the lobby for its ornate glass entry doors, marble paneling and stairs as well as the detailed tile floors. Despite having numerous owners since its completion in 1920, there have been no major renovations to either the exterior or interior of the building. Originally owned by Adolph Perlroth', the building was sold to the Maplewood Realty Company in 1948. In 1950 the building transferred ownership to Lawrence and Allan Loeb's Trumbull Holding Corporation who converted two of the first floor apartments into one professional office and one doctor's offices. In 1954 two additional first apartments were converted into professional offices". The property was acquired by Allen Hadelman, of Hadley Inc, in 1981 and remains his today. When purchased by Mr. Hadelman "nothing was up to code" but since then it has been brought up to standard with the instillation of a safe and working elevator and a proper boiler.