Lawton Mills Historic District

Lawton Mills Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by Second St., Railroad Ave., Norwich Rd. and Fifth and Ninth Sts., Plainfield, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°40′32″N 71°55′13″W / 41.67556°N 71.92028°W / 41.67556; -71.92028Coordinates: 41°40′32″N 71°55′13″W / 41.67556°N 71.92028°W / 41.67556; -71.92028
Built 1906
Architect Lockwood, Green; Carpenter, A.N., et al.
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 96000028[1]
Added to NRHP February 16, 1996

The Lawton Mills Historic District in Plainfield, Connecticut encompasses a well-preserved early-20th-century mill village. The central focus of the district is the large brick mill complex to the south of Railroad Avenue on the banks of Horse Brook. This complex was started in 1905 by Harold Lawton, a superintendent at the Baltic Mill complex in Sprague, and doubled in size in 1911. The mill ownership developed the areas on either side of the mill complex with a substantial worker housing complex. The district includes more than 100 historically significant structures, most of which are worker house that has survived with generally only modest alterations. There are a few commercial buildings in the district, built to provide services to the works, and a community hall, which now serves as Plainfield's town hall.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Lawton Mills Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-12.


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