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For historical significance see National Register application. Note: NR nomination was not approved by owner at the time (1988); site is on SR. Woolen production began here in 1794 with Aaron Buckland's fulling mill. The Pitkin family bought the mill early in the 19th century. By 1840 Elisha Hilliard, a former Pitkin employee, owned the mill and produced woolen cloth. (Roth)
Six (6) primary blocks.
1834, 1882, 1896, 1923, 1925
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The Pitkins' 1834 frame mill, 2-story and 95' x 32', continues to stand. Extensions on the mill have enclosed the c.1870 brick picker house, 2-story and 41' x 30'. The firm that Hilliard founded built additional mills in 1896 (frame, 3-story and 119' x 59') and in 1909 (brick, 1-story and 101' x 49'). A trapezoidal, 3-story brick factory, with walls 77', 197', 82' and 231' long, completed enclosure of the millyard in 1925. These buildings have been altered with asphalt siding and various additions. The race is filled in but the masonry dam, across Bigelow Brook, still stands. (Roth)
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Excellent, Good, Fair, Deteriorated
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3.06 acres between Adams St and New State Rd
Yes
3.06
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2015