Historic Mills of Connecticut

Companies Associated w/Complex

• Crown Corset Co. c.1945

Use (Historic)

• Apparel & Accessories

Largest Documented Workforce

500 (1916)

Historic Narrative

The Crown Corset Company was organized in New York, New York in 1858. The firm was established by five industrialists including Edward W. Russell of Paterson New Jersey; William H. Batcheller of Bridgeport, Connecticut; George C. Batcheller and George C. Miller of New York, New York; and Harry D. Miller, of Orange, New Jersey. The company manufactured a variety of women’s foundation garments and remained in New York until the business was moved to Bridgeport in December 1899. A portion of an established corset factory owned by George C. Batcheller – this located at the corner of Railroad and Myrtle Avenues – was secured and subsequently occupied until 1909, whereupon a new dedicated factory was built for the first a short distance to the east at 345 Railroad Avenue. Crown Corset Company moved from Railroad Avenue in 1923 to a new factory at 225 Federal Street in Bridgeport. Unlike many corset firms, the company survived both the Great Depression and the evolving fashions of the 1920s and remained in business through the mid-20th century.

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Dates of Construction

1923

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Specific Location

assessor address is 390 Charles Street; on south side of Federal Street between Madison Avenue and Main Street; accessed from parking lot off Charles Street

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Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link

• 46/ 1406/ 23 / Link →

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Use (Present)

• Residential

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