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Title	Bloomfield historic building 066_a
Town	Bloomfield
Subject - LCSH	Bloomfield (Conn.); Church buildings
Keywords	Historic buildings; Churches; Episcopal
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)	1806
Orig Owner	St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Present Owner [1935-37]	Church Society
Location	Faces east in North Bloomfield; 1/8 mile west of North Bloomfield crossroads.
Description [Material]	Wood clapboards / church
Roof	Peak
Chimney Type/No.of	1 / in rear
Height	Two stories and half
Fenestration	Modern stained glass in all windows except one on rear.
Overhang	None
Foundation	Cut stone
Condition - Physical	Fair
Exterior	All first floor windows and all front windows have key blocks. A double row of five arched windows with an architrave mould trim on sides. The middle section of the Palladian window on the rear wall has a stained glass sash of the figure of Christ. The square tower in front is obviously a later addition. One of the present underpinnings is a cider press screw jack of wood.
Interior	Finely carved reading desk. The imported organ with good paneling is now in the Eno museum in Simsbury. The only other organ like it is in the Harvard Museum, Boston.
History	The following inscription appears on a sign on the lawn in front of the church: "The St. Andrew's Society founded in 1740 and the church erected 1740-42. The fourth oldest Episcopal church in Connecticut. Removed to Duncaster district about 1800 and back to present site in 1828."
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	2006 Oct. 11
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	image
Format	jpg
Language	eng
Source - Original	Sketch, b&w; 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_bloo066_a.jpg
Height	1349