Date: Fri 21-Mar-1997

Publication: Bee

Author: KAAREN

Quick Words:

architecture-survey-historical

Full Text:

Historian Offers Public Review Of Architectural Survey

A public meeting will be held at 8 pm on Monday, March 24, in the Meeting

House to review the results of a survey commissioned by the Newtown Historical

Society of Newtown's historic and old houses.

Rose-Marie Ballard, an architectural historian who was hired as the consultant

to conduct the Architectural Resource Survey, will present the program.

The survey was intended as an inventory of the buildings and an attempt to

establish their historical significance, including an approximate date of

construction.

At the meeting Ms Ballard will present a brief history of the town and will

show slides depicting the styles of architecture represented here.

The survey includes an inventory of 371 houses, buildings and sites, each with

a detailed description of the property and comments on the historical or

architectural significance. It includes 188 buildings constructed before 1945

in the Borough of Newtown and 183 buildings constructed generally before 1826

in the rest of town, with the exception of the Sandy Hook village center area.

The survey was financed by the Connecticut Historical Commission with federal

funds from the National Park Service of the US Department of Interior, with

additional funding from the Town of Newtown, the Newtown Historical Society

and private donations.