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North wall stone lintel, Whitfield House, Guilford, Conn.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Conn.: Guilford: Whitfield House

GUSN

GUSN-195265

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Description

An interior view of the north wall stone lintel of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000395
AccessID 595
Other identifier HNEDID-000395

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.016

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

Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Conn.: Guilford: Whitfield House

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