Nichols Satinet Mill Site

The Nichols Satinet Mill Site, also known as Site No. 97-14, is an historic industrial archeological site in Newtown, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

Nichols Satinet Mill Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front face of the mill dam
Location	Address Restricted, Newtown, Connecticut
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1811 (1811)
NRHP reference No.	96000129[1]
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1996

It is also known as the Orchard Hill Mill Site and is the mill within the Orchard Hill Nature Center. The site was listed on the National Register more than a decade after local residents created the nature center.[2]

The site is owned by the town of Newtown. Listing was believed to increase the chance that it could become the focus of a dig by state archeologists. The site was owned by the Nichols family in the 1760s. The property includes two old dam and mill sites. The second-built dam on the site is a 30 feet (9.1 m)-high, 125 feet (38 m)-long structure made of granite blocks.[2]

The property was studied in 1983 by George W. Adams, with the assistance of Albert S. Knapp, in a study that led to creation of the nature center, consisting of about 32 acres (13 ha).[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, Connecticut

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Kaaren Valenta (April 12, 1996). "Orchard Hill Mill Site Named to National Register". Newtown Bee. Retrieved February 23, 2017.