Mill Record New Haven
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- Complex Name (Common)
- Strouse, Adler Company Corset Factory
- Complex Name (Historic)
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- Strouse, Adler Company Corset Factory
- Address or Location
- 78 Olive St., New Haven
- County
- New Haven
- Historic Designation
- Associated Mill Community
- n/a
- Historic Information
Use (Historic)
Largest Documented Workforce
n/a
Historic Narrative
For historical significance see National Register application: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/02000864.pdf Industrial corset production in New Haven began in the l850s with J. H. Smith and Co. In 1860 Smith built a 4-story brick mill. Isaac Strouse bought the firm in 1861. He added two more 4-story brick mills in the late l860s. In 1870 Strouse and Co. employed 174 children, 105 men and 16 women, who manufactured 173,000 corsets. Twenty years later employment had quadrupled to 1,200 workers. n 1905-07, the firm had become Strouse, Adler and Co. During the peak years of corset production in the U. S., 1910-20, Strouse, Adler and Co.'s average employment exceeded 2,000 workers and production reached 12,000 corsets per day, or between two and three million per year. Strouse, Adler and Co. still manufactures foundation garments here, although the product designs have changed substantially. (Roth)
- Architectural Information
Number of Existing Buildings
n/a
Dates of Construction
1860, c.1860s, 1905-1907
Architect
n/a
Builder
n/a
Building Type
n/a
Architectural Description
For description see National Register application: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/02000864.pdf An 1860 4-story brick mill, 190' x 40' has a 4-story ell, 60' x 30'. The mill has a near-flat roof and window openings framed by stone lintels and sills. [T]wo more 4-story brick mills [were added] in the late 1860s (115' x 40' and 76' x 43'). Two 4-story, brick-pier mills (115' x 68' and 145' x 40') were added in 1905-07. (Roth)
Exterior Material(s)
Structural System(s)
Roof Form
Roof Material
n/a
Power Source
n/a
Condition
n/a
Condition Notes
rehabbed
- Property Information
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Specific Location
2.53 acres on west side of Olive Street between Court and Chapel.
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 2002.Adjacent To
Exterior Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link
- 225/548/1100 / Link →
Acreage
2.53
Use (Present)
- Sources
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Form Completed By
n/a
Date
n/a
Bibliography
- Roth, Matthew, et al, Connecticut: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites (Washington DC: SIA, 1981).
- Hamilton, Cynthia Rose. 2002. National Register Nomination No. 02000864. National Park Service.
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