Mill Community Record Simsbury
FIND ‘MILL COMMUNITIES’- Community Name (Common)
- Ensign-Bickford Co. Housing
- Address or Location
- 641 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury
- Specific Location
- In the vicinity of Hopmeadow Street’s (Ct Route 10/202) intersection with West Street, including along Hopmeadow Street, West Street, Bickford Street, Bushy Hill Road, Davey Street, Gargon Place, Hazelmeadow Place, Maple Court, Middle Lane, South Road, Stebbins Brook Lane, Woodland Street, and Woods Lane.
- County
- Hartford
- Historic Designation
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n/a
- Associated Mill Complexes
- Architectural and Historical Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Roughly 150.
Dates of Construction
Mid 19th to early 20th c.
Housing Types
Brief Description
Consists of roughly 150 single- and multi-family wood-frame residential buildings built by the Ensign-Bickford Co. (#3098) in Simsbury between ca. 1860 and the late 1920s. The majority of the housing stock consists of several standardized two-story vernacular and Colonial Revival designs with either front-facing or side-gabled roofs, however, a limited number of examples from the 1910s and 1920s have either hipped or gambrel roofs. Most are sited in small, carefully laid out developments, such as the groups at Bickford and Davey Streets or Hazelmeadow and Gargan Place, while others, such as those along Hopmeadow and Woodland Streets, were largely laid out over time as needs demanded. This housing remained company owned until the 1970s, whereupon it was auctioned off to private buyers, with priority given to company employees or present residents.
