Historic Mills of Connecticut

Companies Associated w/Complex

• New England Co.
• New England Co.

Use (Historic)

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Largest Documented Workforce

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Historic Narrative

in Rockville Historic District The New England Co., organized in 1837, was the first Rockville textile firm to produce high-quality and fancy woolens. This manufacture began in 1841-42 with the introduction of Crompton looms to make kerseymeres. In the 1880s the firm ran 103 looms here. New England Co. joined Hockanum Mills Co. when that holding company formed in 1906. (Roth)

Number of Existing Buildings

Three (3) primary blocks.

Dates of Construction

1860, 1880, 1885

Architect

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Builder

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Building Type

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Architectural Description

The antebellum main mill has been demolished. The 1860 picker, sorting and storage building still stands. This 1 1/2-story mill, 125' x 31', has timber framing, walls of coursed ashlar masonry and a gable roof. The 5-story, 151' x 45', 1885 brick mill has a flat roof and a stair tower centered on an end wall; windows are segmentally arched with stone sills. A c.1880 frame office building also survives, as do remnants of the dam and races. (Roth)

Exterior Material(s)

• Brick
• Stone

Structural System(s)

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Roof Form

• Flat
• Gable

Roof Material

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Power Source

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Condition

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Condition Notes

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Specific Location

west side of Vernon Avenue opposite Brooklyn Street, north of Linden Place, south of Hockanum River


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

• 230091000120016 (sample) / Link →

Acreage

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Use (Present)

• Residential

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).