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Complex Name (Common)
Riverside Woolen Mill
Complex Name (Historic)
  • Riverside Woolen Mill
Address or Location
4 Old Monson Road, Stafford
County
Tolland
Historic Designation
Associated Mill Community
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Historic Information

Companies Associated w/Complex

  • Riverside Woolen Mill
  • William Park & Sons

Use (Historic)

Largest Documented Workforce

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Historic Narrative

Riverside Woolen Co. built this mill when it was organized in 1881 with Cyril Johnson as president. Riverside produced woolens here until 1959; an electronics manufacturer has occupied the buildings since 1964. (Roth)

Architectural Information

Number of Existing Buildings

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Dates of Construction

1881, c.1890s

Architect

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Builder

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Building Type

Architectural Description

The 4-story brick mill, 115' x 52' with near-flat roof, has a stair tower on the east end wall. The 3-story, 42' x 28' west wing held steam boilers on the first floor, drying on the second and pickers on the third. A brick dyehouse, frame storehouse and earth-buttress dam complete the original complex. The firm erected the 3 1/2-story, 100' x 40' mill with gable roof in the 1890s; it abuts the north wall of the 1881 mill. (Roth)

Exterior Material(s)

Structural System(s)

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Roof Form

Roof Material

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Power Source

Condition

Excellent

Condition Notes

facility has been maintained and rehabbed for current use by TTM

Property Information

Specific Location

3 acre parcel at southwest corner of Old Monson Road and Leonard Road; on north side of Furnace Brook; east of dam and Riverside Pond

Located in Stafford Hollow National Register Historic District (1987). Listed on Leonard Road
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Adjacent To

Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link

Acreage

3.0

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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Photographer

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Photography Date

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