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Title	Canterbury historic building 004_c
Town	Canterbury
Subject - LCSH	Canterbury (Conn.); Dwellings
Keywords	Historic homes; Old houses
About the survey data	The text in the following fields, up to the Tell Us More field, is transcribed from a survey form that accompanies the photograph.
Date [built] (Source)	1790 (DR); 1793 (Heer.); 1740 (owner); so rebuilt in 1785-90 that it belongs to that period.
Orig Owner	Captain John Clark (Dwyer, Architect)
Present Owner [1935-37]	James. W. Gaskill
Location	1.9 miles north of Lisbon Line on Route 93.
[Notes]	[Another view]
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Hip
Chimney Type/No.of	Brick / end / 2
Height	Two stories and half
Fenestration	9 window front; 6/6 sash. Palladian window in center, second floor.
Overhang	None
Foundation	Cut stone
Condition - Physical	Good
Exterior	This house shows a strong influence of the Greek Revival in its detail. The cornice is a composition of richly carved mouldings. Fluted pilasters rest on high bases at the front central axis, with a small portico with two free-standing fluted columns of a composite design; between these columns, which support a small pediment, is a very good fan window, and below we find an elegant Palladian window with arched sidelights and gracefully arched central window with leaded trim. Hip roof is of very steep pitch and the chimneys are enormous. The windows are comparatively simple, having no caps. The clapboards are very narrow at the foundation, becoming wider as they reach the cornice.
Doorway	The door is of heavy paneling. Above this is a fine leaded fan window similar to that in in the Palladian window above. This doorway is encased by an open pediment supported by fluted pilasters, with sidelights at either side. The cornice of the pediment continues over the sidelights. This decorative treatment is repeated with the side door with some modifications.
Interior	This house is a fine example of early elegance. Central Hall runs through the length of the building with a fine old stairway quite wide for the period. The parlor has heavy corner posts. An extremely delicately carved mantel; and also a lace carved grill at the doorway, with small free standing columns at either side. The doors are of sunken paneling. In the kitchen are found the old sliding interior shutters of sunken paneling. The interior cornice is extremely elaborate, using the dentil course as a decorative feature, in composition with other classical mouldings. The interior is aglow with as rich detail as the exterior.
Tell Us More	Tell us more about the building, its history, its address, etc. mailto: CSL.diginfo@ct.gov Put the Title in the email Subject line.
Creator	W.P.A. Federal Writers Project, State of Connecticut
Date - Created	1935-1942
Date - Digital	2006 Oct. 23
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	image
Format	jpeg
Language	eng
Source - Original	Photograph, b&w, 4 x 6 in.; Pre-printed form, b&w, 11 x 8.5 in. with typescript
Source - Location	Connecticut State Library, State Archives, RG 033:28, WPA Records, Architectural Survey
Relation	http://www.cslib.org/OldHouse.htm
Publisher	Connecticut State Library
Rights	Digital Image © Connecticut State Library. All rights reserved. Images may be used for personal research or non-profit educational uses without prior permission. For permission to publish or exhibit, see Reproduction and Publication of State Library Colle
File Name	wpa_archsurvey_canb004_c.jpg
Height	732