Mill Community Record Stafford
FIND ‘MILL COMMUNITIES’- Community Name (Common)
- Rhode Island Worsted Co. Housing
- Address or Location
- 11 Olympic Avenue, Stafford Springs, Stafford
- Specific Location
- In the vicinity of West Street’s intersection with Olympic Avenue, including along Olympic Avenue and Olympic Annex.
- County
- Tolland
- Historic Designation
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n/a
- Associated Mill Complexes
- Architectural and Historical Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Roughly 18.
Dates of Construction
ca. 1920
Housing Types
Brief Description
Consists of at least eighteen single- and multi-family red brick or wood-frame residential buildings erected by the Rhode Island Worsted Co. (#2828) between 1920 and 1930. The company was the largest textile mill in Stafford around the time of the First World War and management acquired a piece of property north of the plant known as Keefe Plain in 1920, which was then developed into a landscaped village complete with residences, a playground, and baseball park, known as Olympic Field, in order to entice and retain workers. The houses were sold to private owners during the mid-1930s, with priority going to company employees.
