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词条 Hurwood Company
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  1. Description and history

  2. See also

  3. References

{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Hurwood Company
| nrhp_type =
| image = SouthingtonCT HurwoodCompany.jpg
| caption =
| location = 379 Summer St., Southington, Connecticut
| coordinates = {{coord|41|35|22|N|72|53|26|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Connecticut#USA
| built = {{Start date|1885}}
| architecture = Industrial vernacular
| added = December 8, 1988
| area = {{convert|4.8|acre|ha}}
| governing_body = Private
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000094|title=Historic Industrial Complexes of Southington TR}}
| refnum = 88002681[1]
| nrhp_type2 = cp
| designated_nrhp_type2 = December 1, 1988
| partof = Plantsville Historic District
| partof_refnum = 88002673
}}

The Hurwood Company is a historic industrial complex at 379 Summer Street in Southington, Connecticut. Built beginning sometime before 1884, this complex of mainly brick buildings is typical of the town's industrial landscape of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was where solid-headed screwdrivers were first manufactured. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Description and history

The Hurwood Company complex is located north of the village center of Plantsville, on the east side of Summer Street near its junction with Cowles Street. It is separated from Summer Street by the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, a former railroad right-of-way. Set on over {{convert|4|acre|ha}} of land is a complex of more than dozen interconnected structures. Set perpendicular to the street are two brick buildings, the left one two stories in height and the right one one story tall. Attached to the left one at a right angle to its rear corner is a large steel forge shed with a monitor roof. Each of these buildings is encrusted with small buildings, and they are joined near the rear by a more modern structure.[2]

The oldest buildings of this complex, the two brick buildings, were standing here by 1885, and were probably built by the Connecticut Motor Company, a maker of electric motors. In 1901 George Wood and John Hurley began production of solid-headed screwdrivers here; their company was purchased by Stanley Tools in 1905, continuing operations in the left brick building to make screwdrivers and chisels through the first half of the 20th century. The large forge building was added about 1915. The right brick building became part of Thompson Drop Forge, another local manufacturer. Industrial facilities of this type once dotted Southington's landscape, and are now becoming increasingly rare.[2]

See also

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Southington, Connecticut

References

1. ^{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
2. ^{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|88002681}}|title=NRHP nomination for Hurwood Company|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2017-07-13}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}

5 : Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut|Commercial buildings completed in 1885|Buildings and structures in Southington, Connecticut|National Register of Historic Places in Hartford County, Connecticut|Historic district contributing properties in Connecticut

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