UConn Re-Taking Ownership Of Former Hartford Seminary Building

STORRS, CT — State officials recently agreed to a proposal from the University of Connecticut to accept ownership of McKenzie Hall at 110 Sherman St. in Hartford.

UConn briefly owned the property in 1981 when it acquired the campus of the former Hartford Seminary, officials said.

The anticipation is for the the UConn School of Law to house its legal clinics and related services there, officials said.

The single, on-campus building location will allow the law schools to "expand programs that help members of the community while providing students with real-world legal experience," officials said.

At the time of the seminary acquisition, UConn retained the use of five other buildings that now comprise the law school’s campus. It transferred McKenzie Hall to the state, which housed portions of the state Attorney General's Office there before moving the staff employees to downtown Hartford earlier this year.

Proceedings to transfer the building back to the University will be complete in October, and various UConn Law programs will transition into the building over the following months and into 2024, officials said.