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Title	Milford historic building 026
Town	Milford
Subject - LCSH	Church buildings; Milford (Conn.)
Keywords	Historic buildings; Churches; Congregational
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)	1823 (marker)
Orig Owner	First Congregational Society
Present Owner [1935-37]	First Congregational Society
Location	Facing south, to west of stream, in park at center. Northeast corner West Main and North Streets.
Description [Material]	Wood / church
Roof	Peak
Chimney Type/No.of	Number of chimneys [sic]
Ell	Parish house (modern) at rear.
Fenestration	5 windows, 20/20 sash, across second floor front. Two windows and three doors on ground floor. Double rows of windows down each side. Moulded frames as on front.
Overhang	None
Foundation	Cut stone
Condition - Physical	Excellent
Authenticity	Excellent
Exterior	Pediment - a projecting front pediment repeats the lines of the roof, with modillion course, and cornice carried across the peak. This pediment, flush boarded above the cornice, is supported on two Ionic, freestanding fluted columns, with reeds between in the flutes in the lower third of the column. These columns are equidistant, and admit to three round headed doors. Tower - rises centered on the plane of the peak of the nave, and extends half way into the projecting entrance pediment. The vestibule itself extends half the depth of the portico. The tower is square, and high enough to include a clock face, and a sash window, 6/6, just over the peak of the entrance pediment. It is surmounted by a cornice having modillions, and an open balustrade. Within this, the second stage consists of an open octagonal section with engaged pilasters turning the corners, and every second side filled with louvres. This has a similar entablature and balustrade. Within this is a closed, and smaller third stage, also octagonal. The spire is octagonal and also surrounded by a railing.
Doorway	Doors have flush panel frames, each with key block, over the fanlights. The doors themselves consist of six sunk panels. The outer two are heavy single doors; the middle one double.
History	This church is said to have been designed by David Hoadley. The church in Cheshire, three years later, is almost identical, but the sash window in the tower is brought down into the projecting front pediment (12/12 small) and all the stages of the tower are shorter. In 1828, Southington Church was built by Levi Newell along the same lines, and in 1829, Litchfield. The design thus appears in four Connecticut churches, and may be called the dominant type of the early 19th century.
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 026
Creator	W.P.A. Federal Writers Project, State of Connecticut
Date - Created	1935-1942
Date - Digital	2011-06-01
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	image
Format	jpeg
Language	eng
Source - Original	Photograph, b&w, 6 x 4 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_milf026.jpg
Height	1792