Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Adams Tavern, Built 1647, Norwichtown, Conn.

Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Free Academy Buildings

The Norwich Free Academy (NFA), founded in 1854 and in operation since 1856, is a coeducational independent school for students between the 9th and 12th grade. Located in Norwich, Connecticut, the Academy serves as the primary high school for Norwich and the surrounding towns of Canterbury, Bozrah, Voluntown, Sprague, Lisbon, Franklin, Preston, and Brooklyn. wikipedia

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Two Hundredth Anniversary, 1859

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The Mill, Yantic, Conn.
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The Yantic River provided an attractive opportunity for water-powered mills and served as the site of mill village established by Captain Erastus Williams. The history of the village began when Williams purchased an existing mill building and expanded it to make woolen cloth. In 1847, according to Lathrop, Williams started the Yantic Fire Engine Company. He also established Grace Episcopal Church.
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Taftville Mill, Taftville, Conn.
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Ponemah Mills in Norwich once boasted the largest textile mill in the world under one roof. The mill buildings were constructed near a dam along the west bank of the Shetucket River. The investors who founded the company were led by Edward and Cyrus Taft of Providence, Rhode Island and the manufacturing village of Taftville was built next to the mill to house and serve the mill workers. The earliest workers were Irish immigrants. After a strike in 1875, the Irish were replaced with French-Canadian workers. The first Ponemah Mill building was constructed between 1866 and 1871... historicbuildingsct.com

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Hopkin's & Allen's Factory
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Hopkins & Allen Arms Company was an American firearms manufacturing company based in Norwich, Connecticut, that was founded in 1868 by Charles W. Allen, Charles A. Converse, Horace Briggs, Samuel S. Hopkins and Charles W. Hopkins. wikipedia

Hopkins & Allen Company, which began operations in 1868, continued in business until 1917.

Hopkins & Allen Gun Factory was the city’s largest employer. During the Civil War, Norwich provided more arms for the Union forces than any other city. As the nation’s largest armory, Hopkins & Allen was just one of many gun factories in Norwich. hmdb.org

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Ponemah Mills
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Ponemah Mills, in operation by 1871 was one of of the largest textile mills in the United States for many years. The large original buildings were started in April 1866 and began operation November 16, 1871. Additional mills were built in 1884 and 1902 , and the large weave shed in 1910.
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Court House

In 1869, the Connecticut General Assembly passed an act giving the town of Norwich and the county of New London power to combine to erect a building for town, city and county purposes. This building would include a courthouse and would be financed by the town of Norwich and New London County. After almost three years of construction, a portion of the building was opened in 1873 when the first session of the Superior Court was held on November 11th.

The building stood at the junction of Broadway and Union Streets, facing Otis Square... The total cost for the building was approximately $350,000. jud.ct.gov

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New London and Norwich
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.

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St. Patrick's Church, 1906

...The cornerstone of the church was laid on July 13, 1873; parishioners paid ten cents a week to finance the construction. St. Patrick's parish was incorporated in 1878. The formal opening and dedication for the new church was held on September 28, 1879... wikipedia

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Home of the late David A. Wells

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Slater Memorial Hall, 1906

The J. F. Slater Memorial Museum, also known as Slater Memorial Museum, is an historic building and art museum on the grounds of the Norwich Free Academy in Norwich, Connecticut, built in 1885 and dedicated in 1886.

In 1884 William Albert Slater, the son of a wealthy Norwich industrialist, offered to memorialize his father, John Fox Slater, with a new building at the Norwich Free Academy. He chose noted Worcester, Massachusetts architect, Stephen C. Earle, to create a distinctive design...
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Depot

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East Main St. looking West

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Corner Main and Shetucket Streets

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Norwich Savings Society's Building

The Norwich Savings Society, the second oldest savings bank in Connecticut, was founded in 1824. The Norwich Savings Society building, at 162-4 Main Street, in downtown Norwich, was built between 1893 and 1895, with an addition being constructed in the 1970s. historicbuildingsct.com

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Washington Street looking North

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Central Fire Station

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Bird's Eye View from Laurel Hill, Norwich, Conn.

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Preston Bridge, Shetucket River, Norwich, Conn.

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First Baptist Church

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View on Broadway

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Franklin Square

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Masonic Temple, 1905

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Christs Episcopal Church, 1906

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Mill and Cottages, Yantic, Conn.
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Captain Erastus Williams renamed West Farm and called in Yantic. This name was derived from the Mohegan Indian origin, “Yantick,” meaning Little River. Williams built the Yantic Mill, the Church, the Mill Houses, Store, and Fire Department.
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Broadway School House

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Broadway Theatre

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Municipal Gas and Electric Plant, 1909

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View of Yantic, Conn.
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Laurel Hill, 1909

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Norwich Inn Equestrians

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Broadway North from Broad St.

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Broadway from Shannon Building

In 1909, a massive fire destroyed the original Shannon Building in downtown Norwich. It was a large commercial and apartment building, built in 1892 by a local Irish businessman and real estate developer named James B. “Big Jim” Shannon. It was rebuilt the following year as a fireproof structure.
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Falls and Canon on Yantic River

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View of the Harbor, 1910

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Taftville Mill, 1910

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Trinity Episcopal Church

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Velvet Mill
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Hubbard Paper Mill
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James Lanman Hubbard (1832-1890), a wealthy paper manufacturer and director of the Thames National Bank. His sister Marianna was married to the manufacturer John Fox Slater... historicbuildingsct.com

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Mill, Occum, Conn.
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Another mill village, Occum, developed along the Shetucket River and took its name from Samson Occom. A member of the Mohegan Tribe, Occom – whose name was often misspelled as Occum and Alcom – became a Presbyterian cleric and was among the first Native Americans to publish his writings in English.

By 1865, the village was the site of two woolen mills and in the following decade was the site of one of the first three Catholic churches built in Norwich... norwichbulletin.com

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Mill & Village, Taftville, Conn.
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Broad Street School

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Union Square, looking West

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Haile Club Tally-Ho

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West Side Paper Mill
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Edgemere Hall, Wa-Wog Camps

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Bird's Eye View by Night, Greenville, Norwich, Conn.
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William P. Greene incorporated his Water Power Company in 1828 in order to bring waters from the Shetucket River into manufacturing use. norwichbulletin.com

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Bulkhead, Taftville, Conn.
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Falls and Mills from Indian Leap

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Davis Theatre, 1920s

Located on Broadway at the corner of Willow Street. The Davis Theatre was opened by 1906. By 1926 it had been re-named Broadway Theatre. By 1941 it was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. It was closed around 1942 and was demolished around 1950. cinematreasures.org

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The Lake, looking North, Mohegan Park

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Main Street from Shetucket Street

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Women's Shack, Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Mill and Village, Occum, Conn.
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Mill No. 2, Taftville, Conn.
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Ponemah Mills, Taftville, Conn.
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Yantic Woolen Mill, Yantic, Conn.
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Mill No. 4, Taftville, Conn.
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Taftville, Conn. from Tower of Mill
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Mill No. 1, Taftville, Conn.
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Norwich Ave., Taftville, Conn.
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Views of Taftville, Conn.
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Wet Wash
Taftville, Conn.
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U.S. Finishing Company, "GREENVILLE," Norwich, Conn.
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Greeneville was an industrial village built in the vicinity of the Quinebaug Company's textile mill around the time of the Civil War (~1840 and onward). This mill was later re-organized as the Shetucket Company and was one of the major manufacturers in area until ??. Other mills included Chelsea Manufacturing Company (paper), Norwich Bleaching, Dying and Printing Company (which later became the United States Finishing Company), Camp, Hall & Company (later becoming the Chelsea Paper Company and then the Uncas Paper Company), Hubbard Company (paper). Smaller companies included a wood type factory, a foundry and a gristmill. localwiki.org

Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Post Office and B.P.O. Elks, No. 430

Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

American THERMOS Bottle Company
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The plant was the primary factory where Thermos brand vacuum flask bottles were manufactured from 1913 to 1984. The plant is historically significant to its connection to the Thermos Company and the history of Norwich. wikipedia

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Universalist Church

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Shetucket Co. Cotton Mill, "Greenville," Norwich, Conn.
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