Historic Mills of Connecticut

Companies Associated w/Complex

• Carlysle Thread Co. 1865-1874
• Samuel Fitch & Sons Co. 1885-c.1900
• J. J. Regan Mfg. Co. c.1900-1909
• Rockville Worsted 1909-c.1921
• M.T. Stevens & Sons Co., Daniels Mill c.1946

Use (Historic)

• Textiles

Largest Documented Workforce

200

Historic Narrative

Carlysle Thread Co. occupied this mill for only nine years after building it. Then in 1874 Samuel Fitch and Son bought it and installed 14 knitting machines to produce stockinet. This firm added a[n] ell in 1884, by which time 46 knitting machines were in operation. Belding Brothers bought the mill around 1900 and sold it in 1909 to Edmund Corcoran, who installed 90 Knowles looms and employed some 200 hands in production of worsted suitings. The mill presently stands vacant. (Roth) Note Sanborn Atlases identify different occupants.

Number of Existing Buildings

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Dates of Construction

1865, 1884

Architect

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Builder

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Building Type

• Mill

Architectural Description

3 1/2-story, gable-roofed brick mill, 165' x 45', with 3 1/2-story, 70' x 48', gable-roofed ell in 1884. (Roth)

Exterior Material(s)

• Brick

Structural System(s)

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Roof Form

• Gable

Roof Material

n/a

Power Source

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Condition

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Condition Notes

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Specific Location

south side of East Main Street opposite Prospect Street


Located in the City of Rockville Historic District (1984).
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Adjacent To

• Water (for Power)

Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link

• 40011700005 / Link →

Acreage

1.0

Use (Present)

• Other: DECD awarded $2m in brownfields grant 6/2021 for abatement/remediation; property to be redeveloped as part of the town's "gateway to Downtown Rockville' initiative. 6/2024 another DECD brownfield award of $2m to abate/remediate as prelude to redev into 35 residential units (part of overall Rockville Mill Complex redevelopment to have 110k sqft res and 20k sq ft comm incl'g restaurant). Developer is Atlanta-based Camden Mgmt Partners, also to redevelop former Amerbelle and Anacoil properties in Vernon, North Grosvenordale Mill in Thompson as well as mills in MA.

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).