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Farwell House, Storrs. Built c.1746-1756, burned November 27, 1976

MHS Launches Lost Mansfield Series

Published by on September 27, 2020

The Mansfield Historical Society will be posting a photographic series titled “Lost Mansfield” to both our web site and our Facebook page.

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Museum Closed To Visitors

Published by on March 27, 2020

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Mansfield Historical Society’s museum and research library will be temporarily closed until further notice. Our April program has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for a future date. Plans for our May meeting and the summer exhibits are currently on hold. We continue to monitor the evolving situation and […]

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The east side of the silk mill, c. 1910. The lower part of the structure is the mill’s dye house.

Conantville Mill

Published by on October 22, 2020

LOST MANSFIELD # 11: THE CONANTVILLE SILK MILL.

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The George Clark homestead in 1912. The young girl in the photograph is Mae Clark.

The George Clark House

Published by on October 18, 2020

LOST MANSFIELD # 10: THE GEORGE CLARK HOUSE, MANSFIELD HOLLOW. For several decades this was the homestead and farm of the George Clark family.

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The Herbert Chappell House, built in 1889.

Herbert Chappell House

Published by on October 16, 2020

LOST MANSFIELD # 9: HERBERT CHAPPELL HOUSE, MANSFIELD HOLLOW. This house was built in 1889 for the Herbert G. Chappell family. Mr. Chappell was a manager at the nearby Kirby mill.

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This wooden mill complex was started in the 1830s and expanded over the years. Its multiple buildings housed a variety of enterprises, among them a silk mill, a spool-turning shop, a saw mill and a grist mill. Locally it became known as the “Railroad Building”, due to the number of interconnected buildings.

The Mills in Mansfield Hollow

Published by on October 15, 2020

LOST MANSFIELD # 8: THE MILLS IN MANSFIELD HOLLOW.

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Mansfield Center District School - Built in 1833, demolished in 1926. This photograph was taken in the 1920s.

The Mansfield Center School

Published by on October 14, 2020

LOST MANSFIELD # 7: THE MANSFIELD CENTER DISTRICT SCHOOL.

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