- Minterburn Mill
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Minterburn Mill
Location: 215 E. Main St., Vernon, Connecticut Coordinates: 41°52′4″N 72°25′59″W / 41.86778°N 72.43306°WCoordinates: 41°52′4″N 72°25′59″W / 41.86778°N 72.43306°W Area: 5.1 acres (2.1 ha) Built: 1834 and 1906 Architect: Frank B. Gilbreth Architectural style: Greek Revival Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 84001171[1] Added to NRHP: February 16, 1984 Minterburn Mill is a 5.1-acre (2.1 ha) historic district in Vernon, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
It was built or has other significance in 1834 and 1906. It includes Greek Revival architecture, and was partly designed and/or built by Frank B. Gilbreth.[1]
The listing included two contributing buildings and one contributing structure.[1]
The listing includes the Rockville Warp Mill which is "an 1834 Greek Revival style stone mill built for the water-powered manufacture of cotton warps used locally in the production of a woolen cloth known as satinet."[2]:7
The Minterburn Mill, "constructed in 1906, is a very early factory style reinforced concrete building of the type first developed by Ernest L. Ransome, whose buildings are architecturally and technologically significant precursors of the industrial architecture of the twentieth century."[2]:7 It "was justifiably a source of pride for local residents who considered it 'one of the finest [mill buildings] in New England of concrete construction.'" Whether it was specifically designed by Ransome is not clear.[2]:10
The site, believed to be the location of an iron works and a gin distillery during the American Revolutionary War era, is located on the Hockanum River. It was later site of a gristmill and sawmill known as Payne's Mill.[2]:7
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b c d S. Ardis Abbott and John Herzan (August 11, 1983). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Minterburn Mill". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/84001171.pdf. and Accompanying 17 photos, from 1982
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