Mill No. 2 and the North Grosvenordale Mill Historic District
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Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, the North Grosvenordale Mill Historic District preserves buildings—more than 100— that contributed to a thriving textile mill industry. The centerpiece of the district is Mill No. 2, a sprawling industrial facility that was built in 1872. The mill is four stories tall and is distinguished by two Romanesque-style towers that are six stories tall. Textile mills operated in North Grosvenordale from the early 1800s to the mid-1950s, when competition from the South forced them to close. Today, a few small businesses are located in the large mill building and civic leaders are developing economic revitalization plans they hope will attract more businesses to the area.
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Sources
Coffey, Denise. "Thompson Awarded $170,000 Brownfield Remediation Grant." Hartford Currant. July 10, 2018. https://www.courant.com/community/thompson/hc-pk-thompson-170k-grant-0712-20180710-story.html.
Lee, Mara. "Thompson: Connecticut's No. 1 Manufacturing Workforce." Hartford Currant. April 11, 2011. https://www.courant.com/community/thompson/hc-xpm-2011-04-11-hc-thompson-factory-workers-20110409-story.html.
"North Grosvenordale Mill." Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation. Accessed February 1, 2019. https://connecticutmills.org/find/details/north-grosvenordale-mill.
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