Mill Record Vernon
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- Complex Name (Common)
- Florence Mill
- Complex Name (Historic)
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- Florence Mill
- Address or Location
- 121 West Main Street, Vernon
- County
- Tolland
- Historic Designation
- Associated Mill Community
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- Historic Information
Use (Historic)
Largest Documented Workforce
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Historic Narrative
Rehabbed residential c.1979 For historical significance see National Register application: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/78002858.pdf Florence Mill originally held woolen manufacture. White, Corbin and Co., maker of paper envelopes, bought the mill in 1881. In 1898 White, Corbin and Co. became a division of U.S. Envelope Co.; at the time it employed some 200 workers and produced 2 million envelopes daily. U. S. Envelope occupied the mills until 1975. The buildings have recently been rehabilitated for apartments. (Roth)
- Architectural Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Three (3) primary blocks.
Dates of Construction
1864, 1915, 1916
Architect
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Builder
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Building Type
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Architectural Description
For description see National Register application: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/78002858.pdf and https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Photos/78002858.pdf Florence Mill, brick 4-story and 128' x 51', has a slate-covered mansard roof with gambrel-roofed dormers. Projecting lintels and sills of brownstone frame the windows; the 6-story, pyramidal-roofed stair tower is highly stylized, with round-arched openings in its sixth floor, ocular windows in the fifth, and decorative brickwork throughout. A 4-story brick ell (106' x 50') dates to 1915; another brick wing (4-story, 132' x 49') in 1916 formed an open-ended courtyard between the three structures. (Roth)
Exterior Material(s)
Structural System(s)
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Roof Form
Roof Material
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Power Source
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Condition
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Condition Notes
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- Property Information
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Specific Location
south side of West Main Street opposite Ward Street, north of Hockanum River
Located in City of Rockville Historic District (1984).
http://npgallery.nps.gov/nrhp/GetAsset?assetID=dbc02af8-eea0-4694-92fb-72190cecb3a7Adjacent To
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Exterior Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link
- 23009100005 / Link →
Acreage
6.44
Use (Present)
- Sources
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Form Completed By
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Date
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Bibliography
- Roth, Matthew, et al, Connecticut: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites (Washington DC: SIA, 1981).
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Photographer
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Photography Date
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