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Bushnell Theatre/ Mortensen Hall
166 Capitol Ave.
History
Mortensen Hall is the original Bushnell theater at 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, built as the Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall by Dotha Bushnell Hillyer in memory of her father, the Rev. Horace Bushnell. The cornerstone was laid October 16, 1928; the hall opened in 1930. Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray designed a Georgian Revival exterior and Art Deco interior that seats about 2,800. It is named for William H. Mortensen, managing director from 1927 to 1968. Barry Faulkner’s ceiling mural Drama measures 187 by 40 feet.
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