51 Ashley Street

A single-family home that had been vacant for some time when NINA acquired it, the house has now been fully restored. It sits squarely in between two other NINA homes, 47 and 55 Ashley Street, and it is the westernmost of six houses in a row built by Frederick Mahl in the 1890s. The house is an excellent example of a brick Queen Anne found throughout Hartford but most especially here in the Asylum Hill neighborhood.

51 Ashley Street - Before and After

1st Floor

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2nd Floor

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3rd Floor

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Separate Egress

Added to make the second floor a legally separate unit from the first floor.

Project Details

Started:	January 2013
Completed:	May 2014
Budget:	$334,100

Project Milestones

Acquisition:	January 14, 2013
Building Permit:	April 4, 2013
Certificate of Occupancy:	June 25, 2014
Closing on Sale:	October 10, 2014

Project History

First look at paint on the porch at 51 Ashley 05/11/2014 Looks pretty good, actually.
		Porch at 51 Ashley 05/06/2014 Mostly, but a shot or two of the side and rear of the house as well.
Progress at 51 Ashley 04/07/2014 Starting to look occupiable – more stuff going out than in.
		Progress at 51 Ashley 02/27/2014 A quick tour around the house.
Porch at 51 Ashley 02/27/2014 Progress on the porch.
		The front porch at 51 Ashley 12/23/2013 In case you’re wondering, two doors down from 51 the house is exactly the same design, with an intact front porch. We modeled our historic restoration efforts on that porch.
Inside 51 Ashley Street 11/4/2013 Progress at 51 Ashley – the rooms are newly framed, but you can still see where we have some work to do.
		A tale of two exteriors 11/4/2013 We’re still puzzling over these very different houses. As we’ve mentioned previously, we know 51 Ashley was part of an set of 6 houses with alternating designs built by Frederick Mahl in the 1890s, but we don’t have any information on who built 55 Ashley or when, exactly. It does mark the switch to wood from brick on the south side of the street, and in that regard
Exterior Work at 51 Ashley 10/02/2013 Just love the way brick looks in good, strong sunlight! Repairs are underway to the mortar, and we’re also starting to remove the door on the side that should be – and will be again! – a window. As with the shingles next door at 55 Ashley, we’re saving as much of the original wood on the porch here as we can, but for now we have to restore the porch to struct
		Progress at 51 Ashley 6/12/2013 The rooms are taking shape. Shots are from the first floor and from the front bedroom on the second floor.

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51 Ashley Street

51 Ashley Street - Before and After

1st Floor

2nd Floor

3rd Floor

Separate Egress

Project Details

Project Milestones

Project History

First look at paint on the porch at 51 Ashley

Porch at 51 Ashley

Progress at 51 Ashley

Progress at 51 Ashley

Porch at 51 Ashley

The front porch at 51 Ashley

Inside 51 Ashley Street

A tale of two exteriors

Exterior Work at 51 Ashley

Progress at 51 Ashley