Historic Mills of Connecticut

Companies Associated w/Complex

• C.H. Kenyon Woolen Mill 1864-1901
• E. A. Tracy Co./Tracy-Flaherty 1902-1928
• National Silk 1934-1972

Use (Historic)

• Apparel & Accessories
• Textiles

Largest Documented Workforce

74 (1870)

Historic Narrative

C. H. Kenyon began manufacture of woolen doeskin jeans in the 1840s. His original mill is gone. In 1864 Kenyon bought this building from another woolen producer who had built it in 1859. In 1870 Kenyon ran 4 sets of carding machines, 52 looms, 1,200 spindles and employed 40 men and 34 women. (Roth)

Number of Existing Buildings

One (1) block.

Dates of Construction

1859

Architect

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Builder

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Building Type

• Mill

Architectural Description

The 2 1/2-story, gable-roofed, frame mill (150' x 40') has clapboard walls, two-ply, slow-burn floors and a foundation of granite blocks in random ashlar. Freight doors open to each floor in the north end wall. The earth buttress dam with masonry spillway is intact but water is no longer used for power. (Roth)

Exterior Material(s)

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Structural System(s)

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Roof Form

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Roof Material

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Power Source

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Condition

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Condition Notes

Surviving mill building rehabbed into apartments by CIL; new construction at site.

Specific Location

6.51 acres

Located in South Coventry Historic District (1991).
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Adjacent To

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Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link

• 025/ 0043/ 0006 / Link →

Acreage

6.51

Use (Present)

• Residential

Form Completed By

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Date

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Bibliography

1. Roth, Matthew, et al, Connecticut: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites (Washington DC: SIA, 1981).
2. Andrews, Gregory E. 1991. South Coventry Historic District National Register Nomination No. 91000482.