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HB258273
View Northwest, East (rear) Elevation Of 305 Church Street With 313 And 317 Church Street In Background
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HB258274
View Southwest, East (rear) And North Elevations
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HB258275
View North, Detail Of Cornice And Pilaster On Southwest Corner
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HB258276
View South, Detail Of Typical Window
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HB258277
First Floor, North Front Room, Looking West
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Second Floor, North Front Room, Looking Southeast
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Second Floor, South Rear Room, Detail Of Partition Construction
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Location305 Church Street (House),
Putnam, CT
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CT-361-A
Significance: Significant as a typical c. 1850 millworker tenement and for its associations with Putnam's leading 19th-century industry, the manufacture of cotton cloth. Probably built c. 1847 by textile entrepreneur Hosea Ballou, later owned by Putnam Manufacturing Company.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW NORTHWEST, EAST (REAR) ELEVATION OF 305 CHURCH STREET WITH 313 and 317 CHURCH STREET IN BACKGROUND
2. VIEW SOUTHWEST, EAST (REAR) AND NORTH ELEVATIONS
3. VIEW NORTH, DETAIL OF CORNICE AND PILASTER ON SOUTHWEST CORNER
4. VIEW SOUTH, DETAIL OF TYPICAL WINDOW
5. FIRST FLOOR, NORTH FRONT ROOM, LOOKING WEST
6. SECOND FLOOR, NORTH FRONT ROOM, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
7. SECOND FLOOR, SOUTH REAR ROOM, DETAIL OF PARTITION CONSTRUCTION
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