Mill Community Record Thomaston
FIND ‘MILL COMMUNITIES’- Community Name (Common)
- Seth Thomas Co. Housing
- Address or Location
- 52 Meadow Street, Thomaston
- Specific Location
- In the vicinity of East Main Street’s intersection with Elm Street, specifically along the north side of Meadow Street and along a stretch of the east side of Williams Street between Judson and Walnut Streets.
- County
- Litchfield
- Historic Designation
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n/a
- Associated Mill Complexes
- Architectural and Historical Information
Number of Existing Buildings
At least five.
Dates of Construction
Mid 19th c.
Housing Types
Brief Description
Consists of five residential buildings situated in a closely spaced row along the north side of Meadow Street a short distance north of the Seth Thomas Co.’s South Main Street mill (#3471) that are identified as belonging to the company on an 1874 map of the area. All of the residences consist of one-and-a-half-story single-family wood-frame vernacular structures oriented with the gable-ends of their pitched roofs facing the street and they include 38 through 66 Meadow Street. The company once owned additional housing on the east side of the Naugatuck River along the west side of Chapel Street, however, this was demolished during the construction of CT Route 8. A row of three houses on Williams Street (34, 46, and 60 Williams Street) are identified as the personal property of Seth Thomas on the 1874 map and was likely also rented to his employees.
