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Title	Monroe historic building 012
Town	Monroe
Subject - LCSH	Church buildings; Monroe (Conn.)
Keywords	Historic buildings; Churches; Episcopal; St. Peter's Church
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)	1802 (cornerstone); 1807 (consecration); raised c. 1932.
Orig Owner	St. Peter's Church (Rev. Habersham since 1909)
Present Owner [1935-37]	St. Peter's Church
Location	Monroe Village: facing north at end of Green.
Description [Material]	Wood / church
Roof	Peak
Fenestration	All new. Stained toward chancel; stained Palladian in chancel; 4 windows each side.
Overhang	None
Foundation	Stone, new, raised c. 4' for parish hall underneath.
Condition - Physical	Good
Authenticity	Modernized
Exterior	Tower projects about one foot beyond pediment, surmounted by an open belfry with arched openings, and bell roof; also a tall pole with a weathervane. Steeple - a small fanlight at the height of the roof. The steeple took a cant to the south in 1924 and fourteen inch timbers had to be put in to save it. Walls - were clapboarded until 1924; shingled at the present time.
Doorway	Heavy sunk panel modern double doors.
Interior	Four bays with two story columns, arched along nave. The chancel vault is lower than the nave, with flattened arch. There was once a gallery over the sides. Organ left at the back or steeple end in a gallery. Flush panel doors throughout. New pews and floors.
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 012
Creator	W.P.A. Federal Writers Project, State of Connecticut
Date - Created	1935-1942
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	data
Language	eng
Source - Original	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	nophoto12.jpg