Clinton historic building 003_a

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Title	Clinton historic building 003_a
Town	Clinton
Subject - LCSH	Clinton (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)	No information; charcter indicates c. 1790-1800 (J. J. D.)
Orig Owner	Baxter (?)
Present Owner [1935-37]	J. Roller
Location	Route 81, about 2.5 miles north of Route 1 at Clinton Center; west side facing east.
[Notes]	[Another view]
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Peak
Chimney Type/No.of	Brick / central
Height	Story and half
Fenestration	2 windows each side of front door.
Foundation	Stone
Condition - Physical	Good
Exterior	The outside is of clapboarding and is painted white. A well designed, moulded cornice with small sawed brackets and dentils is seen. The front windows are finished with moulded heads, with sawed brackets and dentils. The house is set close to the road, with large trees in the yard. The present owner maintains a herd of American bison.
Doorway	Entrance doorway has two plain pilasters with a very pronounced taper. The cornice over pilasters has been removed. The door has six sunk panels and a curved transom over with leaded fan.
Interior	There are three fireplaces, the kitchen fireplace having a Dutch oven and a simple mantel. Southeast room - there is a moulded mantel with curved frieze and a wide casing of small mouldings around open, and a single small cupboard over. Northeast room has early 19th century moulded mantel with a small cupboard over; corner posts are cased. Flush panel and sunk panel doors in the first story. Beaded board batten doors are in the second floor. The story height is seven feet 6 1/2 inches.
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	2009 Jan. 16
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	image
Format	jpg
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	Research Guide to Old House Resources at the Connecticut State Library: 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 Collections, http://www.cslib.org/repropub.htm
File Name	wpa_archsurvey_clin003_a.jpg
Height	1262

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