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Title	Greenwich historic building 035
Town	Greenwich
Subject - LCSH	Dwellings; Greenwich (Conn.)
Keywords	Historic homes; Old houses; Cos Cob;
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)	(HABS and Heer.) 1700 (CBM); 1749 (marker on house); c. 1800 (EDK, JJD); c. 1800 (L. V. Lockwood)
Orig Owner	Captain James Waring
Present Owner [1935-37]	Frank Seymour
Location	30 Strickland Road, Cos Cob.
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Peak
Chimney Type/No.of	Brick / end / 2
Height	Story and half
Fenestration	2 windows each side central entrance; 9 over 6 sash; 2 modern dormers on the front; modern dormer on the rear.
Foundation	Stone
Condition - Physical	Good
Authenticity	Remodeled
Exterior	It is now covered with modern shingles. Wide space between the top of first floor windows and the eaves. The windows have three paneled shutters with old wrought iron holdbacks. Shutters are sunken panel, with a complex mould. Open portico has slender Doric columns, no pilasters. The thin cornice and plaster ceiling is typical 19th century.
Interior	There are straight stairs which lead up between walls from front entrance. Mantels in two front rooms are 19th century type, with pilasters and thin shelf. The doors are flush and sunken panel, with complex mould in the first floor. On the second floor batten doors predominate.
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	2010 Mar. 31
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	image
Format	jpeg
Language	eng
Source - Original	Photograph, b&w, 4 x 6 in.; Pre-printed form, b&w, 8.5 x 11 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_gree035.jpg
Height	1225