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Complex Name (Common)
J.J. Regan Co. DEMO’D FIRE 12/2022
Complex Name (Historic)
  • J.J. Regan Co.
Address or Location
114 Brooklyn Street and 1 Vernon Avenue, Rockville, Vernon
County
Tolland
Historic Designation
Associated Mill Community
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Historic Information

Companies Associated w/Complex

  • J.J. Regan Co. 1893-
  • National Printing Co. c.1946

Use (Historic)

Largest Documented Workforce

350 (c.1900)

Historic Narrative

in Rockville Historic District James J. Regan entered woolen manufacture in the 1870s in rented space at the nearby Dart Mill. He rented in several other Rockville mills before building his own facilities. Regan specialized in knit goods for linings but made woven goods as well. In the first decade of the 20th century J.J. Regan Co. employed 350 workers, ran 50 looms and some 10,000 spindles. (Roth) National Printing Co. produced greeting cards.

Architectural Information

Number of Existing Buildings

One (1) block.

Dates of Construction

1893

Architect

J. Henry McCray

Builder

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Building Type

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Architectural Description

The only surviving structure in the two Regan-built complexes is this 1893, 4-story, brick-pier mill (102' x 73') in the center of Rockville, at the seventh water privilege on the Hockanum Rover in town. It has a flat roof, segmental-arch lintels and stone sills. (Roth) The J.J. Regan complex included mills on both the north and south sides of the Hockonum River, east of Vernon Avenue between West Main and Brooklyn Streets. The structures on the north side of the Hockanum River appear to remain from the northern woolen mill complex. The office building to the east of the brick-pier mill appears to have been built between 1920 and 1940 and was used by National Printing Co.

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

Specific Location

two parcels between West Main Street to the north, Vernon Avenue to the west, and Brooklyn Street to the south on either side of Hockanum (main facility to south)


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

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Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link

Acreage

1.6; 1.25

Use (Present)

Sources

Form Completed By

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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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