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Title	Cheshire historic building 005_a
Town	Cheshire
Subject - LCSH	Cheshire (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 (Terc.)
Orig Owner	Elnathan Beach
Present Owner [1935-37]	Katherine Gaffney
Location	East side of Main Street (Route 10), corner Wallingford Road opposite Town Hall.
[Notes]	[Another view]
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Peak
Chimney Type/No.of	Brick / central / removed / 2, near center.
Ell	2 1/2 story ell to East.
Overhang	Second story overhangs 3 to 4 inches, front and sides.
Condition - Physical	Good
Exterior	A well preserved two-and-one-half story house. Entrance porch is a late addition. Some evidence that the house was originally one-and-one-half stories. Old central chimney has been removed and replaced with two small ones near center of house.
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	2008 Oct. 2
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_cheh005_a.jpg
Height	1257