Mill Community Record Sprague
FIND ‘MILL COMMUNITIES’- Community Name (Common)
- Baltic Historic District
- Address or Location
- Roughly bounded by Fifth Ave., River, High, Main, W. Main, and the Shetucket River, Sprague
- Specific Location
- Roughly bounded by Fifth Ave., River, High, Main, W. Main, and the Shetucket River
- County
- New London
- Historic Designation
- Associated Mill Complexes
- Architectural and Historical Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Roughly 130.
Dates of Construction
1857-1861
Housing Types
n/a
Brief Description
For description see National Register application: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/87001247.pdf.
Includes the mill site and housing formerly owned by the Sprague Mill (#2956), as well several dozen additional structures associated with the establishment and operation of the mill. Company-built housing is located northwest and south of the mill complex along 5th Avenue, Wall Street, River Street, Main Street, High Street, Brookside Avenue, Elm Street, Maple Street, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Avenues. The roughly 130 duplex-style employee residences erected by the mill operators between 1857 and 1861 are all located within and contribute to the district, as do a number of non-mill-owned ancillary, institutional, and religious structures found throughout the village.
