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Title	Brooklyn historic building 011
Town	Brooklyn
Subject - LCSH	Brooklyn (Conn.); Dwellings
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)	1832 (Cong'l Yr. Bk.); 1830 (JFK); c. 1820 (T. S.)
Orig Owner	First Congregational Church
Present Owner [1935-37]	First Congregational Church
Location	Faces east on west side of Conn. 93, 200' south of Green. Torn down 1938.
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Peak
Height	Two stories and half
Fenestration	2 windows on second floor front, 12/12 sash; 20/20 sash on side windows. All windows are arched.
Foundation	Long faced stone above ground.
Condition - Physical	Excellent
Exterior	Walls - clapboarded. 6" cornerboards except on face on front gable end, which has 22" flush boarded pilasters. Flush boarding within pediment. Cornice - projects 10" at eaves, rake and lower member of pediment. 16" plain frieze under cornice at eaves. Porch - Greek Revival Colonnade; four flush boarded Doric pillars on square stone bases support plain pediment. Steeple - composed of three tiers and a spire. Lowest tier is clapboarded; plain pilasters at corners. Second tier is flush boarded; shuttered, rectangular openings in sides; under cornice are groups of heavy, applied reeding on frieze, with tiny triangles at the bottom; on under side of cornice are flat, block-like brackets, drilled. The third tier is closed, flush boarded, and has Ionic pilasters at the corners; modillions under cornice. Extremely short pyramidal spire is flush boarded and has an arrow vane at the top. Setting - 40' back from main road. Good lawn; macadam walks; two enormous hydrangia bushes at front. Equestrian statue of Putnam off to side. Tall evergreens and elms at side and front.
Doorway	Three doors at the front, each of eight square sunken panels. The center door has two square panes of glass at the top instead of panels. Frames are 7", well moulded, with plain square blocks at the corner.
Interior	Spacious and plain. Flat ceiling.
Tell Us More	Tell us more about the building, its history, its address, etc. mailto: CSL.diginfo@ct.gov Put the Title in the email Subject line.
Creator	W.P.A. Federal Writers Project, State of Connecticut
Date - Created	1935-1942
Date - Digital	2006 Oct. 20
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	image
Format	jpeg
Language	eng
Source - Original	Photograph, b&w, 4 x 6 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_brkl011.jpg
Height	936