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The Peck, Stow & Wilcox Factory was a historic factory complex at 217 Center Street in Southington, Connecticut. Begun in 1870, it was home to the town's largest industrial employer of the late 19th century. Surviving elements of the factory, dating to 1912, were listed on the
Rose Antique Tools
(November 18, 2010).
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 1989. The complex was demolished in 2015 after it was shuttered in 2003.
Description and history
The former Peck, Stow & Wilcox Factory complex was located west of the town center of Southington, and occupied most of a block bounded by Center, Water, and Mill Streets, and the railroad right-of-way now occupied by theFarmington Canal Heritage Trail
The Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is an multi-use rail trail located in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The trail was built on former New Haven and Northampton Company (NH&N) (later New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad H railbed, which wa ...
. When it was described in 1989 for the National Register, its main buildings were a large forge with a sawtooth roof, and an equally large annealing building. These two were accompanied by an assortment of smaller one and two-story brick buildings. Buildings already demolished at that time included the company's original 1870 plant.
Peck, Stow & Wilcox was founded in 1870 by the merger of three different industrial tool manufacturers specializing in tin
Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from la, stannum) and atomic number 50. Tin is a silvery-coloured metal.
Tin is soft enough to be cut with little force and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. When bent, t ...
-processing equipment. The company grew rapidly, and was by 1890 producing a diversified array of tools. It was also the town's largest employer, its business leadership occupying positions of influence in the town's civic, social, and political spheres. The plant was substantially enlarged in 1912, which is the period when most of the buildings surviving in 1989 were built. By that time, the complex was operated by Ideal Forging. That company went bankrupt in 2003, and the plant was acquired by real estate developers not long afterward. Demolition of the premises took place in 2015, after hazardous materials were removed.
Peck, Stow & Wilcox also operated a plant in Cleveland
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
, Ohio.(November 18, 2010).
See also
*National Register of Historic Places listings in Southington, Connecticut __NOTOC__
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Southington, Connecticut.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and historic district (United States), districts on the National Register of Histor ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peck, Stow and Wilcox Factory Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut Industrial buildings completed in 1912 Buildings and structures in Southington, Connecticut 1912 establishments in Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in Hartford County, Connecticut