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Title	Clinton historic building 042
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)	1710 (marker)
Orig Owner	Captain Williams
Present Owner [1935-37]	Buckingham Estate
Location	110 East Main Street, Route 1, just east of Center, south side, faces north.
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Peak / steep / added leanto / one story to south
Chimney Type/No.of	Stone / central / large
Height	Story and half
Fenestration	One window each side of front door; windows 12/12 lights.
Foundation	Stone
Condition - Physical	Good
Authenticity	Original
Exterior	The outside is clapboarded and painted red with white trim. A box cornice is used in the house.
Doorway	Front door is off center, nearer to the west end, and has plain wide casings, also a new door.
Interior	Three fireplaces in the first story, and one fireplace in the front room on the second floor. Fireplaces in the front rooms are in corners set on an angle. Simple moulded mantels. There are beaded board, batten doors in the rear portion. Doors in the front portion have sunk panels, flush panels on the reverse side. Flooring is new. First story is seven feet.
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. 20
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_clin042.jpg
Height	1254