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Complex Name (Common)
Dart Stone Mill
Complex Name (Historic)
Address or Location
104 East Main St, Rockville, Vernon
County
Tolland
Historic Designation
Associated Mill Community
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Historic Information

Companies Associated w/Complex

  • Albert Dart 1868-1870
  • White Mfg. Co. 1870-1909
  • J. J. Regan c.1892-c.1909
  • Belding Bros. Co. 1909-c.1921
  • American Dyeing Corp. c.1946

Use (Historic)

Largest Documented Workforce

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Historic Narrative

This mill, erected by Albert Dart in 1868, has the most dramatic setting of any mill in Rockville--perched on the high rock shelf at the second millseat down from Snipsic Lake. Dart first used the mill for spinning silk, then added shoddy production. Cyrus White bought the mill in 1870, continuing shoddy production and adding manufacture of cotton warps. In the late l870s White ran six sets of cards for his woolen operation and 4,800 cotton spindles, as well as renting space to the textile firms of J.J. Regan and J.A. Smith and Son. Belding Brothers and Co. bought the mill in 1909. (Roth)

Architectural Information

Number of Existing Buildings

Three (3) primary blocks

Dates of Construction

1868

Architect

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Builder

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Building Type

Architectural Description

A main section, 5 1/2-story and 74' x 32', joins two wings: 3 1/2-story, 79' x 39' and 2 1/2-story, 78' x 49'. All sections have gable roofs, stucco-covered stone walls and two-ply, slow-burn flooring. Tailwater exited the wheelpit through an arched opening in the rubble foundation of the 3 1/2-story wing. (Roth)

Exterior Material(s)

Structural System(s)

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Roof Form

Roof Material

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Power Source

Condition

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Condition Notes

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Property Information

Specific Location

on north side of Brooklyn Street and south side of Hockanum River; now rear of 104 East Main Street (former Belding Mill)

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

Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link

Acreage

(part of former Belding Bros./Amerbelle property)

Use (Present)

  • Other: Part of 6/2021 DECD $2 million award for abatement and remediation
Sources

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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)
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