Rockville, Connecticut

Rockville is a census-designated place and part of the town of Vernon, Connecticut located in Tolland County, Connecticut. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 7,708.

Landmarks

An area of Rockville known as the Rockville Historic District roughly bounded by Shenipsit Street, Davis Avenue, West Street and South Street was added in 1984 to the National Register of Historical Places. The district includes 842 buildings, 1 structure and 5500 acres. Many different Victorian architectural styles are represented. Some of the most interesting architectural buildings in Rockville are listed below. They are not necessarily in the district.

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Uncategorized

• Castle Sunset
• The Tower on Fox Hill
• Baptist Church, since destroyed to make room for a bigger parking lot for Rockville General Hospital.
• Maple Street School

Downtown Mill area

• Belding Silk Mills
• Samuel Fitch's Mill
• Dart Stone Mill
• St. Bernard Church

Talcott Park Neighborhood

Elm Street, Park Street, and one block of Prospect Street surround a small town park named Talcott Park. The houses represent a variety of Victorian architectural styles ranging from early nineteenth century Greek Revival through the Gothic Revival and Italianate styles down to the Victorian eclecticism of the 1880s and 1890s. The mill owners usually built their houses in the downtown area.

Related Topics:
Block - Town - Park - Houses - Victorian architectural - Nineteenth century - Greek Revival - Gothic Revival - Italianate - Mill - Downtown

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• Old Rockville High School and East School
• James I. Regan House
• Phineas Talcott Homestead
• Arthur T. Bissell House
• George Sykes House
• Charles Phelps House
• (#10 and #12) Ellington Ave.
• Francis T. Maxwell House also known as Maxwell Court
• Caleb Tefft House
• David Sykes House
• Elbridge K Leonard House

Downtown and Central Park

The surviving buildings grouped around Central Park are a continuing reminder of the wealth brought by the woolen industry and the town's aspirations to be a leading city in the state during the 19th century.

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Downtown East

• Rockville National Bank
• Union Congregational Church
• Citizen's Block
• Rockville Methodist Episcopal Church
• Memorial Building

Downtown West

• Fitch Block
• William and Alice Maxwell House
• George Maxwell Memorial Library
• Kellogg House

Village Street

• Turn Halle
• Brautigum House
• Erhardt Linck's Hall
• 70 Village Street]
• William Randall House and Store
• Otto Schrier House
• Chauncey Winchell Jr House

West Main Street

• George Sykes House (first)
• Hockanum Mill
• Saxony Mill
• Chauncey Winchell Homestead
• Alonzo Bailey House
• Springville Mill and Offices
• Florence Mill
• Henry Huhnken's Saloon
• New England Yard