Mill Record Danbury
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- Complex Name (Common)
- Frank H. Lee Co.
- Complex Name (Historic)
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- Frank H. Lee Co.
- Address or Location
- 24 (aka 5) Shelter Rock Road, Danbury
- County
- Fairfield
- Historic Designation
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- Associated Mill Community
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What can you do at this mill?
- Historic Information
Use (Historic)
Largest Documented Workforce
800 c.1925
Historic Narrative
A former fur storage building, it is the only surviving structure from the Frank H. Lee Co. complex, where fur hats, straw hats and felt hats were made. The company was established in 1885, and c.1919, created a Machinery Division by acquiring the Walters planer company/patents out of Bridgeport. The firm operated until 1960; the majority of the complex was lost to fire c.1968. Now occupied by an urban winery.
- Architectural Information
Number of Existing Buildings
one
Dates of Construction
c.1930
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- Property Information
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Specific Location
Set back on north side of Shelter Rock Road, about halfway between the railroad tracks to the east and Lee Mack Avenue to the west.
Adjacent To
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Exterior Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link
- K15004 / Link →
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