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Title	Middletown historic building 094
Town	Middletown
Subject - LCSH	Dwellings; Middletown (Conn.); Westfield (Middletown, Conn.)
Keywords	Historic homes; Old houses; Westfield
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)	c. 1760; Terc. did not date.
Orig Owner	Joseph Wright; later Mary Wright Alsop
Present Owner [1935-37]	Alsop Estate; P. Brainard, caretaker
Location	Far back from west side of East Street, near depot.
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Peak
Chimney Type/No.of	Brick / central / forward on ridge
Height	Two stories and half
Fenestration	5 window front; 6/6 sash; 5 window gable.
Overhang	Double
Foundation	Fieldstone - cement in front.
Condition - Physical	Fair
Doorway	Sunken paneled door of c.1840; plain frame.
Interior	Ceilings c. 7'. No summer beams. Eight-raised paneled doors. 'Porch' - open stringer, two turn stair, right to left, with bold scrolls. Very small like that of Southmayd houses; turned balusters with square section; turned newel; deeply moulded rail and posts tops; paneled under; long seat. Southeast room - paneled wainscot. Doors of eight raised panels, two narrow tiers, one on top, one in middle. Paneled wall end with later mantel. Northeast room said to have finest paneling in house.
Tell Us More	Tell us more about the building, its history, its address, etc. mailto:diginfo@cslib.org Put the Title in the email Subject line, for example Middletown historic building 094
Creator	W.P.A. Federal Writers Project, State of Connecticut
Date - Created	1935-1942
Date - Digital	2011-05-23
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_midt094.jpg
Height	1202