Mill Community Record Hartford
FIND ‘MILL COMMUNITIES’- Community Name (Common)
- Colt Industrial District
- Address or Location
- Roughly bounded by Wawarme, Wethersfield, Hendricxsen, Van Dyke Aves., and Stonington, Masseek, and Sequassen Sts., Coltsville, Hartford
- Specific Location
- Roughly bounded by Wawarme, Wethersfield, Hendricxsen, Van Dyke Aves., and Stonington, Masseek, and Sequassen Sts.
- County
- Hartford
- Historic Designation
- Associated Mill Complexes
- Architectural and Historical Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Roughly 20.
Dates of Construction
c.1855; c.1860
Housing Types
Brief Description
The district highlights the significance of the Colt Patent Firearms Mfg. Co. (#3436) and includes both the factory complex; Colt Park; Colt’s mansion, Armsmear; and several clusters of company-owned housing. The latter include ten multi-family red brick residences built along Huyshope and Van Block Avenues ca. 1855, and nine single-family wood-frame houses erected on Curcombe Street ca. 1860. The Huyshope Avenue residences share an identical Gothic Revival design, while those on Van Block Avenue are of a uniform Italianate styling. Those on Curocombe Street were known as the ‘Potsdam Village,’ as they housed skilled workers that Colt persuaded to emigrate from Potsdam, Germany. Potsdam Village is comprised of nearly identical Swiss Chalet style residences. For additional description see National Register application: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/76001987.pdf.
