North Grosvenordale Mill, Thompson

North Grosvenordale Mill, Thompson – Marc N. Belanger

The town of Thompson is located in Windham County in the northernmost part of the state and borders on Massachusetts to its north and Rhode Island to its east. Named after English landholder Sir Robert Thompson, the town incorporated in 1785. In 1891, the Great East Thompson Train Wreck, one of the worst railway collisions in US history and the only one to involve four trains, took place within the town’s borders. Thompson is the birthplace of Ithiel Town, one of the nation’s most celebrated early architects and, while it cannot be proven, residents believe that he designed the Old Town Hall building that served the community for 80 years and is now the location of the Thompson Historical Society.

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Websites

“Nipmuc Indian Association of Connecticut,” 2012. Link.
“The Last Green Valley,” 2017. Link.

Places

Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. “Quaddick State Park,” 2012. Link.
“Thompson Historical Society,” 2012. Link.

Documents

Woodford, E. M. “Map of Windham County, Connecticut.” Philadelphia, PA: E.M. Woodford, 1856. University of Connecticut Libraries, Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC, Yale University Library, Map Collection. Link.
Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. “Thompson - WPA Architectural Survey,” 2014. Link.
“Thompson Collection.” Connecticut Digital Archive, n.d. Link.
Lee, Stephen. “Windham County, Conn., Business Directory Containing the Names, Business and Location of All the Business Men in the County, Agricultural, Manufacturing, and Other Statistics, with a History of Each Town.” Windham County Transcript Office, 1861. Link.

Books

Bayles, Richard, ed. History of Windham County, Connecticut. New York, NY: W. W. Preston & Company, 1889. Link.
Larned, Ellen. History of Windham County, Connecticut. 1600-1760. Vol. 1. Worcester,  MA: Ellen Larned, 1874. Link.
Larned, Ellen. History of Windham County, Connecticut. 1760-1880. Vol. 2. Worcester,  MA: Ellen Larned, 1874. Link.