Mill Community Record Portland
FIND ‘MILL COMMUNITIES’- Community Name (Common)
- Portland Brownstone Quarries Housing
- Address or Location
- 15 Silver Street, Portland
- Specific Location
- In the vicinity of Main Street’s (CT Route 17) intersection with Silver Street, including along Main, Silver, and Commerce Streets, and Middlesex Avenue Extension.
- County
- Middlesex
- Historic Designation
- n/a
- Associated Mill Complexes
- Architectural and Historical Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Roughly one dozen.
Dates of Construction
Mid 19th c.
Housing Types
Brief Description
Consists of upwards of one dozen residential buildings identified as the property of several companies associated with what are now collectively identified as the Portland Brownstone Quarries (#1422) on an 1874 map of the area. Among the quarry companies were the Shaler and Hall Quarry Co., the E. and S. Brainard Quarry Co., and the Middlesex Quarry Co. These firms owned numerous houses along and west of Main Street during the 19th c. and a number of these single- and multi-family residential structures survive on Main, Silver, and Commerce Streets, and Middlesex Avenue Extension. Most are of vernacular design and they include several duplex-style examples.
