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Title	East Haddam historic building 020
Town	East Haddam
Subject - LCSH	East Haddam (Conn.); Millington (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)	1739-42 (C. D.; Mrs. Raymond), ell c. 1770 (?)
Orig Owner	Joseph Cone
Present Owner [1935-37]	Miss Abbie Miner
Location	On road from Millington to Bashan, about 1/2 mile north of Mount Parnassus. West side facing east.
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Peak
Chimney Type/No.of	Stone / brick / top with dripstone / central
Height	Two stories and half
Ell	Gambrel ell to rear is earlier (Mrs. Raymond - because gambrels were never built as ells).
Fenestration	9 window front, paired, 8/12 sash upstairs, 6/6 and 2/2 downstairs.
Overhang	None
Foundation	Squared stone
Condition - Physical	Fair
Doorway	About 2' left of center; plain square frame - 1840 - long transom.
Interior	Kitchen - ceiling 84 3/4." South end girt broken and supported by post. Plain mantel. Stone fireplace with oven to left. Doors of three raised panels. Southeast room - is plastered. Fair sized framing. 11 1/4" summer. Northeast room - summer covered by lower ceiling. New floor. Porch - has closed stringer stair, right to left, square post; moulded rail; slim turned balusters; crude applied scrolls. Raised paneled door under.
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	2005 Jan. 12
Collection	WPA Architectural Survey
Type	image
Format	jpg
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_eahd020.jpg
Height	621