National Historic Landmark · historic district · Manchester, Connecticut

Cheney Brothers Machine Shop

Historic district in Connecticut, United States in Manchester, Connecticut. Added to the National Register in 1978, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1978
Another young newsboy in Hartford, Conn. August 26, 1924. LOC nclc.04069Cheney Bros., Manchester, Connecticut. LOC gsc.5a13538Cheney Bros., Manchester, Connecticut. LOC gsc.5a13539Cheney Bros., Manchester, Connecticut. LOC gsc.5a13551
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What it is

Wikipedia · Cheney Brothers Historic District

The Cheney Brothers Historic District was a center of the silk industry in Manchester, Connecticut, in the late 19th and early 20th century. The 175-acre (71 ha) district includes over 275 mill buildings, workers houses, churches, schools and Cheney family mansions. These structures represent the well-preserved company town of the Cheney Brothers silk manufacturing company, the first America-based silk company to properly raise and process silkworms, and to develop the difficult techniques of spinning and weaving silk. The area was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressBounded by Hartford Rd., Laurel, Spruce, and Lampfield Sts., Manchester, CT
CountyHartford County
ListedJun 2, 1978
Reference number78002885
Type of placehistoric district
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources241 buildings
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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Open to the public
AddressBounded by Hartford Rd., Laurel, Spruce, and Lampfield Sts., Manchester, CT
Coordinates41.76783, -72.52959 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitSpringfield Armory National Historic Site · 24 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyNorthfield Brook Lake Group Shelters 30 mi · Westville Recreation Area 32 mi · Hop Brook Lake Recreation Area 33 mi
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 78002885. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.