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Title	New Canaan historic building 004
Town	New Canaan
Subject - LCSH	Church buildings; New Canaan (Conn.)
Keywords	Historic buildings; Churches; Congregational
Date [built] (Source)	1842 (Cong'l Year Book)
Orig Owner	Congregational Church
Location	Park Street; northwest corner of St. John's Place;.1 mile north of Elm Street.
Description [Material]	Wood / church
Roof	Peak
Height	Two stories and half
Fenestration	Main auditorium windows 24/24 sash; front windows 12/12.
Foundation	Stone
Condition - Physical	Good
Authenticity	Original
Interior	Gallery on three sides supported on slender fluted columns with Corinthian capitals. The gallery rail is formed by the entablature over the columns, which is composed of simple mouldings and dentils. Two handsome, wide winding stair-cases lead from the entrance vestibule to the gallery. Moulded rails terminate in a spiral turn at the bottom and have turned balusters. The ceiling is divided into large panels by beams covered with plaster and there is a moulded cornice in the angles.
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 Canaan historic building 004
Creator	W.P.A. Federal Writers Project, State of Connecticut
Date - Created	1935-1942
Date - Digital	20110928
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	image
Format	jpeg
Language	eng
Format Extent	11 x 8.5 in.
Format Medium	sketches
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_neca004.jpg
Height	1578