Charles Courtney Curran, a Hartford native, became well known as an artist. Born in 1861; at age 27 received the 3rd Hallgarten prize for his painting "A Breezy Day." In 1890 his "Lotus Lilies of Lake Erie" won honorable mention in Paris salon. One painting hangs in White Hall Shrine, near Richmond. Elected full member of National Academy of Design, 1904. Died 1942.