Travelers Tower

Travelers Tower
Travelers Tower
Former names	One Tower Square; CitiGroup Building
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	Neoclassical - Beaux-Arts
Location	1 Tower Square; Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°45′50″N 72°40′21″W / 41.7638°N 72.6724°W
Construction started	1906
Completed	1919; 105 years ago
Cost	$8 million
Owner	REIT Management Corporation
Management	REIT Management Corporation
Height	160.63 m (527.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	34
Lifts/elevators	6
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Donn Barber
References

Travelers Tower is a 24-story, 160.63 m (527.0 ft) skyscraper in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Travelers Tower was the seventh tallest building in the world when it was constructed in 1919, and is currently the second tallest building in Hartford. Travelers Tower is the fourth headquarters of Travelers Insurance Company. The architect of Travelers Tower was Donn Barber, who also designed the Connecticut State Library, Supreme Court Building and The Hartford Times Building.^[5]

It was the tallest building in New England until Boston's Prudential Tower opened in 1964, but remained the tallest building in Connecticut until City Place I opened in 1984.

The tower is actually an extension of two other buildings of which it begins at the tenth floor so it is sometimes considered to have 34 floors. At the 27th floor is an open observation deck.^[6] The top of the building has become a nesting spot for peregrine falcons, which are observed by web cameras.^[7] Due to maintenance to the tower, the web cameras have been taken offline and the nest box has been relocated to the Travelers Plaza Building.^[8]