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Colt, Samuel, Home

Hartford, Connecticut
County of Hartford.
National Register Number: 66000802
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling.
Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - November 13, 1966):
Armsmear (1855), a large, rambling Italianate house that features a five-story tower, was built by Samuel Colt (1814-1862), the inventor of the Colt pistol and developer of mass production techniques. Colt's pistol became popular during the war with Mexico, when the Federal Government ordered 1,000 of them.


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