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Title	Hampton historic building 018
Town	Hampton
Subject - LCSH	Dwellings; Hampton (Conn.)
Keywords	Historic homes; Old houses; Hampton historic building Center
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)	1840 (Heer.)
Orig Owner	Gov. Chauncey S. Cleveland ("Ford House")
Present Owner [1935-37]	Catherine Ahearn
Location	Southeast corner of junction of US 6 and Conn. 97. Hampton historic building Center, at north end of junction.
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Peak
Chimney Type/No.of	Brick / end / near eaves / four
Height	Story and half
Ell	1-1/2 story rear, peak roof ell, with a basement story of back end.
Fenestration	6 over 6 sash; 4 window front; frame elaborately moulded and have corner blocks.
Overhang	None
Foundation	Stone
Condition - Physical	Excellent
Exterior	Walls are of vertical, beaded boarding all around, except south attic, which is clapboarded. On front wall are four wide, tapering Ionic pilasters, with beaded and fillet in capital. Two of these pilasters are at corners, two are 4 ft. away; this kind of pilaster is at every corner; they stand on stone pedestals and have moulded bases. Two heavy beaded-board pillars, out from the wall of the house, Ionic, support a pedimented portico which projects 10 inches from the wall, and whose peaked roof rises above eaves of the house. Soffit of portico is on two sunken panels; frieze is 16 inches deep, moulded; cornices at rake and lower member of pediment supported by modillions. Interior face of pediment is entirely of diamond panes. Two heavy granite stepping stones lead to door. Cornice projects 10 inches at eaves and rake; projects 2 ft. into gable, and all cornices are suported by modillion brackets. Setting - house faces west, is set 40 ft. from the main road and fronted with good lawn and cement walk from door to public path. Tall maples and evergreens surround the house. Porch - a later, open lean-to porch runs along south gable end and along rear to addition.
Doorway	Central, six-sunken panel; immediate frame narrow and beaded; four-pane sidelights sided with heavily reeded, entire Ionic pillars, four in all; sidelight panes are vertical and elliptical, joined at ends, with protruding iron rosettes at joinings; encasing the panes are elaborately tooled, protruding solid iron facing. Pillars suport laboriously carved cornice, moulding along bottom, then rounded facing, then fine denticulation, then fine leaf-shaped brackets supporting six-inch overhang of cornice. Above cornice is a four-pane transom, similar to sidelights, recessed in beaded frame. Outer edge of frame has built-out bead and fillet course which is also applied against walls of door recess (entire door arrangement recessed about ten inches). On outside wall, at edge of recess, is a heavily moulded frame with detailed floral cornerblocks and elaborate floral keyblock 8 by 8 inches.
Interior	The interior has moulded doorways; arches are supported by Ionic posts.
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 Jun. 1
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	image
Format	jpg
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_hamp018.jpg
Height	1237