Wilcox, Crittenden Mill | Making Places

Mill Record Middletown

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Complex Name (Common)

Wilcox, Crittenden Mill

Complex Name (Historic)

Wilcox, Crittenden Mill

Address or Location

234 and 315 South Main Street, Middletown

County

Middlesex

Historic Designation

National Register Individual

Associated Mill Community

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Bird’s-eye aerial image of Wilcox Crittenden Mill, camera facing west; accessed from Bing.com 2016.

Historic Information

Use (Historic)

Largest Documented Workforce

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Historic Narrative

For historical significance see National Register nomination: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/86003349.pdf Company began producing brass gromets for sails c.1857, expanding to include other marine hardware by the 1880s (swivets, clews, steel anchors). Supplied the US Navy and merchant marine during World War I and World War II. Was bought by New Britain based North and Judd in 1955. Closed in 1970s.

Architectural Information

Number of Existing Buildings

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Dates of Construction

1814, c.1905, 1907, c.1930s

Architect

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Builder

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Building Type

Mill

Architectural Description

For description see National Register nomination: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/86003349.pdf The Wilcox, Crittenden Mill contains four brick and masonry industrial buildings dating from 1814 to 1917. Archaeological remains in the complex include two brownstone dams and the standing ruins of building foundations of brownstone and concrete. The complex is located in the historic industrial section of Middletown, occupying more than 16 acres of land along Pameacha Creek ravine.

Exterior Material(s)

Brick

Structural System(s)

Load Bearing Masonry

Roof Form

Roof Material

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Power Source

Condition

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Condition Notes

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Property Information

Specific Location

17 acres on the east and west sides of South Main Street south of Burr Avenue and north of Pameacha Avenue along Long Hill Brook and a parcel on the west side of Mill Street.
Historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1986.