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Title	New London historic building 008
Town	New London
Subject - LCSH	Dwellings; New London (Conn.)
Keywords	Historic homes; Old houses; 1st Coit House
Date [built] (Source)	c. 1835
Orig Owner	Built by ? Coit for a Chapman who fitted out whalers.
Present Owner [1935-37]	Mrs. Chapman
Location	119 Huntington Street; faces east; next to St. James Episcopal Church.
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Peak (flat)
Chimney Type/No.of	Brick / end
Height	Two stories and half
Fenestration	Modern sash. Fanlight with radiating shutters is similar to that found at No. 111 Huntington Street.
Overhang	None
Foundation	Cut granite
Condition - Physical	Excellent
Exterior	The house is similar in design to a Greek Temple, with a portico at the front with free standing columns of the Doric order. The roof is flat. The cornice has good Doric proportions. The window casements are capped with a simple flat cornice with plain sides. A brick ell is at the rear and is probably original in as much as the four Coit houses have the same type ell.
Doorway	The doorway has grooved or fluted pilasters at the sides with elaborate flame designed in the corner panels. Side and top lights are of stained glass. The front is faced with narrow horizontal weatherboarding.
Interior	The interior of this so called "1st Coit House" is quite elaborate. There is a winding stairway in the front hall; bannisters are turned; stairway turns gracefully at the bottom. The parlor and living room connect on the south side. Marble fireplace mantels. High ceilings with plain classical mouldings. Heavy paneled doors, nineteenth century in design. Door casements are fluted and have rosettes in the corners.
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 New London historic building 008
Creator	W.P.A. Federal Writers Project, State of Connecticut
Date - Created	1935-1942
Date - Digital	20110929
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	image
Format	jpeg
Language	eng
Format Extent	6 x 4 in.
Format Medium	black-and-white photographs
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	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
File Name	wpa_archsurvey_nelo008.jpg
Height	1770