32 minutes | Sunday, 24 March 2024
The Sunday Show was in Connecticut this week and chatted to one of America's most popular Governor's Democrat, Ned Lamont. We were also joined by the wonderfully charismatic and tourism guru, Anthony Anythony (so good they named him twice) from the Connecticut Office of Tourism and David Skelly, the director of the world famous Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University in New Haven...
With a HUGE thanks to Sue Henrique who arranged all our wonderful guests in Connecticut and to our partners EPIC - The irish Immigration Museum. I met Sue in Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel and the rest is history!
Some people mistakenly refer to Connecticut as the Drive By State but for me it can only ever be called the "Drive TO state". Amazing places to see, amazing history, Yale University and the Peabody Natural History Museum are located in the New Haven and they also boast the best Pizza in America.... , The State Capital in Hartford must be one of the most beautiful buildings you will ever visit. Overlooking Hartford's 41 acre Bushnell Memorial Park, the Connecticut State Capitol first opened for the General Assembly in January, 1879.
Initial work on the project had begun eight years before in 1871 when the legislature established a special commission and appropriated funds for construction of a new statehouse. The site was contributed by the city of Hartford, and the commission retained James G. Batterson to build the Capitol from plans designed by noted architect Richard M. Upjohn.
Constructed of New England marble and granite and crowned by a gold leaf dome, the Capitol was built at a cost of $2,532,524.43 and has an estimated replacement value of more than $200,000,000.
In addition to housing the State Senate Chamber, Hall of the State House of Representatives and offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary of the State, the statehouse and surrounding grounds abound with memories and mementos of Connecticut's early years.
The Connecticut State Capitol was declared a national historical landmark by the United States Department of Interior in 1972.
Reproduced from the Connecticut State Register & Manual with permission of the Secretary of the State.