Ann Taylor
968 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510
The Chapel Street district that existed at the founding of New Haven is quite different from the downtown area we recognize today. New Haven’s founding 9 square grid included the downtown section of Chapel Street, which includes today’s address 968 Chapel (formerly 54-55 Chapel Street in 1841), but was once a residential block along the New Haven Green. Chapel Street between Temple and College was home to residents like Hezekiah Howe, a New Haven Bookseller whom Howe Street is named after, and who also printed the first edition of Webster’s Dictionary. An 1824 map named “Doolittle’s Map of 1824” from the Dana Collection depicts the nature of this block.
Dana Collection Scrapbook, Chapel 2, Image 160 Dana Collection Scrapbook, Chapel 2, Image 206 Jefferies & Co., “Store, China Department,” New Haven Free Public Library Digital Collections, accessed September 24, 2015, http://nhfpl.omeka.net/items/show/225
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Researcher
Natalie Punzak in 2015
Entry Created
June 4, 2017 at 8:47 AM EST
Last Updated
January 15, 2018 at 5:19 PM EST
Style
Current Use
CommercialEra
1950-1980Neighborhood
OtherTours
Touring Chapel, Crown &HighYear Built
1966
Current Tenant
Ann Taylor in storefront, Pickard Chilton Architects in rear
Roof Types
FlatStructural Conditions
Good
Street Visibilities
Yes
Threats
External Conditions
Very Good
Street Visibilities
Yes
Client
Ann Taylor
Historic Uses
Residential,CommercialCommercial
Facade of Ann Taylor from the New Haven Green (photo taken Nov. 17, 2017)
Close up of Ann Taylor's facade (photo taken Nov. 17, 2017)
View walking towards Temple Street (photo taken Nov. 17, 2017)
The structure is sandwiched between two taller buildings. (photo taken Noy. 17, 2017)
One of Ann Taylor's exterior walls forms an alleyway with Kitchen Zinc that leads to the Crown Street Parking Garage. (photo taken Nov. 17, 2017)
A detail of the beam that supports the entrance's awning (photo taken Nov. 17, 2017)
The pediments that top the awnings form chimney-like trapezoidal forms (photo taken Nov. 17, 2017)
The structure's facade is made up of neutral bricks arranged in a running bond. (photo taken Nov. 17, 2017)
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