786 Chapel Street

786 Chapel Street stands as a marker of New Haven’s historic and continuously evolving downtown commercial district. Situated within the Historic Ninth Square district, the building has been home to a variety of retail businesses and services since the late 1800s. Its current Streamlined Moderne style belies its age as a staple among Chapel Street’s various commercial buildings. Its present-day construction was completed in 1945, after a fire destroyed the neoclassical structure that had previously stood in its place since the early 1900s. This newly vacant building now awaits a new tenant to include in its historical index of local New Haven retailers and businesses.