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The Hotel Beach, also known historically as the Hotel Barnum, is a historic hotel building at 140 Fairfield Ave. in
Bridgeport, Connecticut Bridgeport is the List of municipalities in Connecticut, most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the List of cities by population in New England, fifth-most populous ...
. It is a thirteen-story Art Deco tower built in 1927 and designed by Thomas, Martin & Kirkpatrick. It is one of the city's outstanding Art Deco buildings, built when the city was at its peak. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. and It is a contributing building in the Bridgeport Downtown North Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1987. It is currently a residential apartment building called Barnum House.


Description and history

The former Hotel Beach is located on the north side of downtown Bridgeport, facing south toward Fairfield Avenue between Main and Broad Streets. IT is a thirteen-story building, with a steel and concrete frame covered in colored bricks. Its main tower has two ten-story protruding sections, and is flanked on either side by eight-story sections, giving the building a stepped appearance. The second story facade consists of a band of Romanesque round-arch windows. The interior of the second floor, which housed the hotel's lobby, retains many period features and finishes. The hotel was built in 1927-29 to a design by the New York firm Thomas, Martin & Kirkpatrick, which had a track record of hotel design. It was originally named for the landowner, businessman Francis Beach, but was soon renamed in honor of Bridgeport booster P.T. Barnum. Because it was built just before the
Great Depression The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagio ...
, it was foreclosed on just a year after its 1929 opening.


See also

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut


References

{{National Register of Historic Places Art Deco architecture in Connecticut Art Deco hotels Hotel buildings completed in 1927 Buildings and structures in Bridgeport, Connecticut Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut Historic district contributing properties in Connecticut