Built in 1964, it is believed to be the first building erected in the state as part of an urban redevelopment project, and is an important local early example of Modern architecture.

[1] The former Hotel America building marks the eastern end of Constitution Plaza, a major 1960s development on the east side of Hartford's downtown.

Its main axis is oriented north–south, with the building passing over Kinsey Street on large steel I-beam trusses.

The Hotel America building was designed by Curtis & Davis, a firm noted for its Modernist architecture, and was completed in 1964.

The trusses carrying the building over Kinsey Street were the largest made to date in the state.