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370: 354: 312: 335: 76: 386: 168:, and graduated in 1908. From 1908 to 1910 he taught architecture in the university. Early in 1910 he returned to Springfield, where he established an architectural practice. Early the following year, he established his partnership with H. Hilliard Smith. After Smith's retirement in 1942, Bassette continued to practice under the name of Smith & Bassette. After 1946 he practiced under his own name until his own retirement in 1954. 195:
for the design of a Classical Revival building in the Hartford County Building Competition." The Hartford historian David F. Ransom has indicated that Smith & Bassette was probably the most prestigious architectural practice in Hartford in the period between the two World Wars.
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It has been said of Smith & Bassette that " became known for design of multi-purpose public buildings and their skill in the
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Smith was also a painter and exhibited in Connecticut and New York. He was married in 1902, to Mrs. Grace (Flint) Lephart of
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Accompanying 11 photos, exterior and interior, from 1992 (see captions page 10 of text document)
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At least three of the firm's projects have been individually listed on the United States
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Simsbury Bank and Trust Company Building NRHP Registration Form (1986)
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David F. Ransom, "Biographical Dictionary of Hartford Architects,"
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genres. For example, in 1917 the firm shared first place with
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Bassette was married in 1914 to Elizabeth Fidelia Hubbard of
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Index

Roy D. Bassette
Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
Middletown, Connecticut
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
William C. Brocklesby
Danbury, Connecticut
New Britain, Connecticut
Springfield, Massachusetts
University of Pennsylvania
Paul Philippe Cret
West Hartford, Connecticut
Classical
Colonial Revival
Paul P. Cret
National Register of Historic Places
Heublein Tower
Talcott Mountain State Park
Simsbury, Connecticut
Simsbury Bank and Trust Company Building
Simsbury, Connecticut
Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
Eno Memorial Hall
Simsbury, Connecticut

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