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Title	Fairfield historic building 014
Town	Fairfield
Subject - LCSH	Fairfield (Conn.); Greenfield Hill (Fairfield, 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)	Before 1735 ("87 Old Houses in Fairfield" p. 8)
Orig Owner	Samuel Bradley, "Merchant"
Present Owner [1935-37]	Mr. & Mrs. M. Parish-Watson
Location	Faces south to the view on the east side of Bronson Road at the Green; southeast corner of Old Academy Road.
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Peak / gable to road
Chimney Type/No.of	Brick / central
Height	Two stories and half
Ell	Stone 1 1/2 story peak added to old ell at north end.
Fenestration	2/12 and 2/6 sash; beehive windows and quadrant windows in gable end. Heavy window frames with visors above. Old ell - 12-pane sash above and 8-pane below. 3 low windows, 10" high, under the eaves with unusual glass tracery - windows slide sideways.
Overhang	None
Foundation	Stone
Condition - Physical	Excellent
Authenticity	Restored
Exterior	Was once a saltbox; restored in 1934. Walls - beaded clapboards bevelled to joints. Cornice - in "Westport in Connecticut's History" page 87, mention is made of the fact that the cornice on the old Elwood house on Sherwood Island, built in 1787, was apparently copied from that of the "Banks House on Greenfield Hill." Concerning the Elwood House cornice it says - "It is beautiful, delicate and unusual cornice, and is noteworthy that it appears on so many examples in the town of Westport and is found elsewhere on a very few houses only." Porch - leanto type over gable end door and over side door to the south. Both are attractive with old lattice work of an unusual pattern. A leanto porch at the back also has fancy lattice work. The porch on the main house has a recessed corner portico with tall thick round columns. An old paneled door opens on this porch from the old part of the house. Chimney in old ell to the north.
Doorway	Sunken paneled door with a plain frame with visor above. The south door at the side has one large sunken panel and four-pane sidelights.
History	The Bradley family, Barzilla Banks, Georgia and Mary Banks have been early owners. The Banks family occupied the house for many years in its original condition before it was purchased by the Parish-Watsons, who restored it about 1933.
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
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	data
Language	eng
Source - Original	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_fair014