Elmcrest Hospital & the Colt Connection
Eight images and documents: historic portraits, a property map, a federal listing record, a Hartford house photograph, and two licensed modern photographs of Portland buildings. Armsmear is in Hartford. The Hart–Jarvis House was Elizabeth’s childhood home; no evidence here establishes that she founded or operated Elmcrest. Pre-hospital photographs of the Portland grounds remain a gap.

id: EC-001
title: Hart–Jarvis House, October 2017
kind: Photographs
date: 2017-10-15
summary: Hart–Jarvis House, Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt’s childhood home, photographed on the former Elmcrest campus in October 2017. The building dates to 1829–30.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hart_Jarvis_House,_Portland,_CT_-_October_2017.jpg
credit: Marty Aligata
notes: CC BY-SA 4.0. Credit Marty Aligata; link source and license; derivative image remains CC BY-SA 4.0. This is a 2017 photograph, not a nineteenth-century view. Proportional resize and JPEG optimization only. Created: 2017-10-15. Published: 2017-12-24 Commons upload
file: images/hart-jarvis-house-2017.jpg
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institution: Portland’s historic houses · Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt
accessed: 2026-09-08
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id: EC-002
title: Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt and Caldwell, 1865
kind: Historical illustrations
date: 1865
summary: Charles Loring Elliott’s 1865 portrait of Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt with her son Caldwell. Elizabeth grew up in Portland’s Hart–Jarvis House; this painting belongs to her later family story.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Loring_Elliott_-_Mrs._Elizabeth_Hart_Jarvis_Colt_and_Son_Caldwell.jpg
credit: Charles Loring Elliott (1812–1868)
notes: Public domain; faithful reproduction of public-domain painting. Wadsworth Atheneum, Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Collection, accession 1905.9. Reproduction via Commons. Do not call this a photograph or identify its interior as Elmcrest. Proportional resize and JPEG optimization only. Created: 1865. Published: Digital reproduction date unknown; Commons upload 2019-07-20
file: images/elizabeth-caldwell-1865.jpg
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institution: Portland’s historic houses · Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt
accessed: 2026-09-08
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id: EC-003
title: Samuel Colt, engraving after Brady
kind: Historical illustrations
date: 1914 reproduction
summary: Samuel Colt, Elizabeth’s husband, in an engraving by Henry Wright Smith after a Mathew Brady photograph dated 1857. This reproduction appeared in George L. Clark’s 1914 history of Connecticut.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Colt_by_Brady,_1857.jpg
credit: Henry Wright Smith, engraver, after Mathew Brady
notes: Public domain in United States; published before 1931. Original print source: A history of Connecticut: its people and institutions, George L. Clark, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1914; https://archive.org/details/historyofconnect03clar. Do not call supplied image a direct photographic print. Proportional resize and JPEG optimization only. Created: 1857 source portrait date; engraving date not separately established. Published: 1914 reproduction
file: images/samuel-colt-1857.jpg
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institution: Portland’s historic houses · Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt
accessed: 2026-09-08
license_url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Colt_by_Brady,_1857.jpg
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id: EC-004
title: Armsmear in Hartford, c. 1907
kind: Photographs
date: c. 1907, Library of Congress created/published date
summary: Armsmear, the Colt family residence in Hartford, in a Detroit Publishing Company view cataloged c. 1907. This is the separate Hartford property associated with Elizabeth’s married life.
url: https://www.loc.gov/item/95509128/
credit: Detroit Publishing Company; photographer unidentified
notes: Public domain; copyright publication c. 1907. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-114500, digital ID cph.3c14500, LCCN 95509128. Include only in a clearly labeled linked Colt biography or property comparison, never in a Portland grounds gallery. Proportional resize and JPEG optimization only. Created: Exact exposure date unknown. Published: c. 1907, Library of Congress created/published date
file: images/armsmear-hartford-1907.jpg
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institution: Portland’s historic houses · Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt
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id: EC-005
title: John Hall Sage, published 1903
kind: Photographs
date: 1903 per Commons source description
summary: John Hall Sage, the banker and ornithologist for whom the campus’s Queen Anne house was built in 1884. The portrait is reproduced from Bird-Lore.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Hall_Sage.jpg
credit: Unknown photographer
notes: Public domain in United States; published before 1931. Source plate visually verified: https://archive.org/details/audubonnati04nati/page/n325/mode/1up (Bird-Lore advisory councillors, fourth series). Bound item metadata says volumes 4–6 and start date 1899; 1903 is the Commons supplied publication year, not a verified exposure date. University of Connecticut holds Sage papers: https://archivessearch.lib.uconn.edu/repositories/2/resources/841. Proportional resize and JPEG optimization only. Created: Unknown; no later than publication. Published: 1903 per Commons source description
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id: EC-006
title: Portland property map, 1874
kind: Maps & plans
date: 1874 original; reproduced in June 2011 nomination
summary: An 1874 map records the Brainerd properties on the south side of Marlborough Street, decades before the hospital. The National Register nomination reproduces this map as Exhibit B.
url: https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/12000130_text#page=15
credit: J. H. Beers, as credited by the nomination
notes: Public domain underlying 1874 map; faithful scan. National Register nomination, PDF page 15, Exhibit B; courtesy Portland Historical Society. Map supplies geographic context, not a photograph. Retains original exhibit label. Full map source attribution has not been checked against the original atlas title page. Proportional resize and JPEG optimization only. Created: 1874. Published: 1874 original; reproduced in June 2011 nomination
file: images/portland-map-1874.jpg
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id: EC-007
title: National Register acceptance, March 20, 2012
kind: Historical documents
date: 2012-03-20
summary: The National Park Service accepted the Marlborough Street Historic District nomination on March 20, 2012. Its listed resources include the former campus’s Hart–Jarvis, Brainerd, and Sage houses.
url: https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/12000130_text#page=16
credit: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
notes: Public domain U.S. federal government record. PDF page 16 is the federal Evaluation/Return Sheet. This rights conclusion applies to this federal page; privately supplied nomination narrative and photographs are not automatically public domain. Proportional resize and JPEG optimization only. Created: 2012-03-20. Published: 2012
file: images/nrhp-acceptance-2012.jpg
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id: EC-008
title: Erastus Brainerd Jr. House, September 2018
kind: Photographs
date: 2018-09-17
summary: The east wing and grounds of Erastus Brainerd Jr.’s c. 1852 villa, photographed on the former Elmcrest campus in September 2018.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PortlandCT_MarlboroughStreetHD_2.jpg
credit: Magicpiano
notes: CC BY-SA 4.0. Commons labels the district generally; building identity was checked against National Register photograph 6 (PDF page22), captioned Erastus Brainard Jr. House east wing. Matching wing, window alignment, eave brackets, cupola and split-rail fence. Modern2018 photograph, not a nineteenth-century view. Credit Magicpiano; derivative image remains CC BY-SA4.0. Proportional resize and JPEG optimization only. Created: 2018-09-17. Published: 2018-09-18 Commons upload
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id: EC-009
title: Marlborough Street Historic District National Register nomination
kind: Sources & research leads
date: June 2011; accepted March 20, 2012
summary: Link and cite. Modern photographs credited to Portland Historical Society, October 2009 and May 2011; no reusable license verified. Do not bulk publish this PDF or its modern photographs from the source folder.
url: https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/12000130_text
credit: Janice P. Cunningham, National Register Consultant
notes: Link and cite. Modern photographs credited to Portland Historical Society, October 2009 and May 2011; no reusable license verified. Do not bulk publish this PDF or its modern photographs from the source folder.
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id: EC-010
title: Portland Historical Society Special 2009 Newsletter
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2009-05-23
summary: Link and cite. No reusable license established for modern newsletter layout or photographs.
url: https://portlandhistsoc.com/newsletters/200905nl.pdf
credit: Phyllis, Bill and Claire Frisbie; historical houses appeal signed Claire Frisbie and Chris Sullivan
notes: Link and cite. No reusable license established for modern newsletter layout or photographs.
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id: EC-011
title: Portland Historical Society Fall 2010 Newsletter, page 3
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Fall 2010
summary: Link and cite. Directly identifies Hart-Jarvis House as Colt childhood home and later Manor House at Elmcrest.
url: https://portlandhistsoc.com/newsletters/201010nl.pdf#page=3
credit: Chris Sullivan, report of William Hosley program
notes: Link and cite. Directly identifies Hart-Jarvis House as Colt childhood home and later Manor House at Elmcrest.
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id: EC-012
title: Historic Building List from The History and Architecture of Portland (1980)
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1980 source; web transcription undated
summary: Independent local cross-check: Hart/Jarvis 1830, Brainerd Jr. 1852.
url: https://portlandhistsoc.com/publications/1980list.htm
credit: Holding institution
notes: Independent local cross-check: Hart/Jarvis 1830, Brainerd Jr. 1852.
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id: EC-013
title: John Hall Sage Papers finding aid
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Date not established
summary: Repository lead; web retrieval blocked in this session. Do not quote unread finding aid.
url: https://archivessearch.lib.uconn.edu/repositories/2/resources/841
credit: University of Connecticut Archives and Special Collections
notes: Repository lead; web retrieval blocked in this session. Do not quote unread finding aid.
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-010
title: Three historic houses at the former Elmcrest site
kind: Photographs
date: 2022-09-05
institution: Elmcrest Hospital & the Colt Connection
summary: A view from the Connecticut River side records the three historic houses on the Elmcrest/Brainerd Place site in September 2022.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brainard_Place_2022.jpg
credit: zfish118 / Wikimedia Commons (see source page for original provenance)
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Do not repeat creator's unsupported claim that this view had not existed for 100 years. Reuse: CC0 1.0
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accessed: 2026-09-12
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-035
title: Memorial font for three Colt children — Hartford context
kind: Photographs
date: Photographed 2025-01-20; sculpture 1869
institution: Elmcrest Hospital & the Colt Connection
summary: Colt children's memorial font inside a Hartford church. This baptismal font at Hartford's Church of the Good Shepherd commemorates three children of Samuel and Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt. It adds family memorial history to the Portland house story.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_Font_at_Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd,_Hartford,_CT.jpg
credit: Marty Aligata; sculpture John M. Moffitt / Wikimedia Commons
notes: Context image in Hartford, not on the Elmcrest campus. Corroboration: https://www.coltsville.org/church-of-the-good-shepherd identifies Hettie's gift and the 1899 fall through the floor. Photo of historical sculpture, not Elmcrest Hospital or its burial ground. Maintain Hartford context label. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: Photograph CC BY-SA 4.0. Sculpture public domain per Commons dating.
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