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Title	Milford historic building 015f
Town	Milford
Subject - LCSH	Dwellings; Milford (Conn.)
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)	1685 (Milford Historical Society's marker); early 18th century (Heer); c. 1750-60 (EDK)
Orig Owner	Stephen Ford
Present Owner [1935-37]	Wilbur L. Ford (works for town)
Location	51 West Main Street; junction of Housatonic Avenue, near High Street.
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Peak / added leanto (mostly gone; remains of a 1 1/2 story)
Chimney Type/No.of	Brick / stuccoed / central
Height	Two stories and half
Fenestration	9 window front; windows all 12 light, probably not original.
Overhang	Gable ends overhang about 12".
Foundation	High field stone
Condition - Physical	Very poor
Exterior	The outstanding outside walls are covered with clapboards. The cornice work has every appearance of being a much later date than that indicated on the Historical Society's Marker. It has a late entrance porch and has a wide projecting, heavily moulded cornice and rakes. The old leanto is gone with the exception of one wall. The house sets well back from both roads, surrounded by trees.
Interior	The summers are cased and there are half wall-ends of paneling, super raised; bolection moulding and fluted pilasters. Stairs right to left, closed stringer, handsomely turned spindles.
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 Milford historic building 015
Creator	W.P.A. Federal Writers Project, State of Connecticut
Date - Created	1935-1942
Date - Digital	2011-05-31
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	image
Format	jpeg
Language	eng
Source - Original	Photograph, b&w, 5 x 7 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_milf015f.jpg
Height	1492