Mill Community Record Plainfield
FIND ‘MILL COMMUNITIES’- Community Name (Common)
- Central Village Historic District
- Address or Location
- Roughly, School, Main and Water Sts., and Putnam Rd. N to Plainfield High School, Plainfield
- Specific Location
- Roughly, School, Main and Water Sts., and Putnam Rd. N to Plainfield High School
- County
- Windham
- Historic Designation
- Associated Mill Complexes
- Architectural and Historical Information
Number of Existing Buildings
n/a
Dates of Construction
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Housing Types
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Brief Description
For description see National Register application: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/91000949.pdf. Consists of Plainfield’s Central Village and includes the mill and worker housing formerly owned and operated by Plainfield Woolen Co. (#762). The housing is located east of the mill along the south side of East Main Street and consists of eight one-and-a-half- and two-story wood-frame duplexes that were erected ca. 1901. Additional working-class housing of note is located within the district along Putnam Road and Palmer Court, however, this was erected between 1890 and 1903 by a local merchant and developer, Walter Palmer, rather than by mill operatives.
