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Complex Name (Common)
Dayville Mills PARTIALLY DEMO’D
Complex Name (Historic)
  • Dayville Mills PARTIALLY DEMO'D
Address or Location
400 Hartford Turnpike, Dayville, Killingly
County
Windham
Historic Designation
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Associated Mill Community
Historic Information

Companies Associated w/Complex

  • Assawaga Co. 1903-1939
  • Dayville Woolen Co. 1893-1903
  • S. L. Sayles Co. 1846
  • William Prym 1939

Use (Historic)

Largest Documented Workforce

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Historic Narrative

Most of the woolen production of Sabin and Harris Sayles moved to Dayville in 1858, after their Whetstone Brook facilities burned. In the next 20 years they built several mills of brick and stone in Dayville and upstream from the village on the Five Mile River. After Harris Sayles retired in 1879, Sabin continued on his own and in 1882 erected the brick mill seen today north of Rte. 101. The mill contained 16 sets of cards and employed 250 people in production of woolen broadcloth. A wire-products manufacturer now uses the mill, which has modern additions to the west and on its south facade. A substantial number of mill houses remain in the village. (Roth)

Architectural Information

Number of Existing Buildings

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Dates of Construction

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Architect

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Building Type

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Architectural Description

The only extant building from 1858-1880 is the 2-story rubble-walled mill, about 75' x 35', which stands south of present-day Rte. 101 in Dayville. It has a near-flat roof and granite lintels. The 1882 4 1/2-story brick mill is north of Rte. 101. The mill has a dormered gable roof and central stair tower. About 200' x 50', it also has segmental-arch lintels and stone sills. At the mill's southeast corner is a 3-story brick powerhouse. The masonry dam, extant though reconditioned, afforded 19' head for the 190-horsepower Risdon turbine. A 175-horsepower Wheelock steam engine provided back-up power; these prime movers do not survive. Additions include a c.1915 brick-pier, sawtooth-roofed weave shed and a 1922 2-story brick mill. (Roth)

Exterior Material(s)

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Structural System(s)

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Roof Material

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Power Source

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Condition

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Condition Notes

appears to be partially destroyed

Property Information

Specific Location

on north side of Hartford Pike, immediately west of railroad tracks and east of Sayles Avenue

17 acres

Adjacent To

Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link

Acreage

17.0

Use (Present)

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Sources

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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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