North wall, second floor, Whitfield House

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Large - Geo - Connecticut - Guilford - Whitefield

GUSN

GUSN-195113

Description

An view of the north wall on the second floor of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, possibly during the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. The wall and floor are possibly in the process of being restored. In sections of the wall, stones are loose or fallen onto the loose floorboards.

Details

Descriptive Terms

interior walls
granite (rock)
restoration (process)
single-family dwellings
American Colonial
interior views
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000271
AccessID 431
Other identifier HNEDID-000271

Physical Descrption

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.008

Date Notes

1936

Places

Guilford (New Haven county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Whitfield, Henry, 1597-1660?
Kelly, J. Frederick (John Frederick), 1888-1947

Other Organizations

Henry Whitfield State Museum (Conn.)

Subjects

stone houses
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Large - Geo - Connecticut - Guilford - Whitefield

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