The Hervey Brooks Pottery Shop and Kiln Site is a historic industrial archaeological site in
Goshen, Connecticut
Goshen is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,150 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Goshen is in central Litchfield County and is bordered to the east by the city of Torrington. According to the United State ...
. It is the site of the 19th-century pottery of
Hervey Brooks, a local potter significant for his extensive recordkeeping. Brooks' pottery included a shop and a stone
kiln
A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects made from clay int ...
. The shop structure was moved to
Old Sturbridge Village
Old Sturbridge Village is a living museum located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts which recreates life in rural New England during the 1790s through 1830s. It is the largest living museum in New England, covering more than 200 acres (81 hectares). T ...
in the 20th century, where a reconstruction of his kiln has also been undertaken.
The original site is of archaeological significance for identifying the materials Brooks used and how he laid out his work site, and for identifying how those changed over time.
The site was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1993.
See also
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References
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Goshen, Connecticut
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