Commonwealth Works Site

	Commonwealth Works Site
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Yantic Falls
Location	Norwich, Connecticut
Area	less than one acre
NRHP reference No.	98000360
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1998

LocationNorwich, Connecticut

Arealess than one acre

NRHPreferenceNo.98000360^[1]

Added to NRHPApril 13, 1998

The Commonwealth Works Site is a historic industrial archaeological site in Norwich, Connecticut, located near the Yantic Falls on the Yantic River. It was the site of a major industrial facility developed in the mid-19th century, with an industrial history dating back to the 18th century. Charles Augustus Converse had consolidated water rights at the falls, and built a large complex which housed a number of different water-powered enterprises, including the gun factory of Ethan Allen, a gristmill, sawmill, woolen mill, nail factory, and a cork-cutting factory.^[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut
Historic districts	American Thermos Bottle Company Laurel Hill Plant Baltic Bean Hill Burnett's Corner Chelsea Parade Civic Institutions Coit Street Colchester Village Downtown New London Downtown Norwich Eolia-Harkness Estate Gales Ferry No. 1 & 2 Graniteville Griswold Point Groton Bank Hadlyme Ferry Hadlyme North Hallville Mill Hamburg Bridge Hartford Colony Hempstead Hodges Square Jail Hill Jordan Village Laurel Hill Lebanon Green Little Plain Main Sawmill Mechanic Street Montauk Avenue Mystic Bridge Mystic River Noank North Stonington Village Norwich State Hospital Norwichtown Oil Mill Old Lyme Oswegatchie Poquetanuck Village Post Hill Preston City Prospect Street Quaker Hill Rossie Velvet Mill Salem Taftville Uncasville Mill United States Housing Corporation Walnut Grove Whale Oil Row Williams Memorial Park Yantic Falls
Historic properties	Abel H. Fish House Acors Barns House Alden Tavern Site Andrew Clark House Anshei Israel Synagogue Antone DeSant Houses Applewood Farm Ashbel Woodward House Ashlawn Avery Homestead Avery House Avery Point Light Bennett Rockshelter Blackledge River Railroad Bridge Bozrah Congregational Church and Parsonage Bradford-Huntington House Branford House Brewster Homestead Broad Street School Bulkeley School Burnham Tavern Capt. Mark Stoddard Farmstead Capt. Richard Charlton House Capt. Thomas Fanning Farmstead Captain Enoch Lord House Carpenter House Carroll Building Cedar Grove Cemetery Central Vermont Railroad Pier Clark Homestead Col. Joshua Huntington House Commonwealth Works Site Converse House and Barn Cooper Site David Chapman Farmstead Deshon-Allyn House Dr. Daniel Lathrop School Dr. Joshua Lathrop House Dr. Philip Turner House East District School Edward Bloom Silk Company Factory Edward Cogswell House Edward Waldo House Edward Yeomans House Fort Griswold Fort Shantok Fort Trumbull Gen. Jedidiah Huntington House Gov. Samuel Huntington House Greeneville Gurdon Bill Store Hamburg Cove Site Hayward House Henry Champion House House at 130 Mohegan Avenue Huntington Street Baptist Church Jabez Smith House John Palmer House John Randall House John Wilson House Jonathan Newton Harris House Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop Joshua Hempsted House Kinne Cemetery Lamb Homestead Lathrop-Mathewson-Ross House Leffingwell Inn Lieutenant River Sites 2, 3, 4 Lighthouse Inn Long Society Meetinghouse Lord Cove Site Luther Palmer House Lyman Viaduct Mill Brook Bridge Morton Freeman Plant Hunting Lodge Mystic Bank Natcon Site Nathan A. Woodworth House Nathan Lester House Nathaniel Backus House Nathaniel Hempstead House New England Hebrew Farmers of the Emanuel Society Synagogue and Creamery Site New London County Courthouse New London Customhouse New London Harbor Light New London Ledge Light New London Public Library New London Union Station Norwich City Hall Occum Hydroelectric Plant and Dam Ohev Sholem Synagogue Old Bacon Academy Old Thames Shipyard Peck Tavern Pequot Fort Pequotsepos Manor Perkins-Bill House Perkins-Rockwell House Raymond-Bradford Homestead River Road Stone Arch Railroad Bridge Rocky Neck State Park Samson Occom Bridge Samuel Miner House Samuel Smith House Selden Neck State Park Seventh Sister Shaw Mansion Shepherd of the Sea Chapel Shubel Smith House Simon Tiffany House Slater Library Smith–Harris House Springbank St. James Episcopal Church Stanton–Davis Homestead Museum Stonington Borough School Stonington Cemetery Stonington Harbor Light Telephone Exchange Building The Seaside The Williams School Thomas Lee House Timothy Lester Farmstead Uncasville School United States Post Office–New London Main United States Post Office–Norwich Main War Office Wheeler Block Whitehall Mansion William A. Buckingham House William Clark Company Thread Mill William Gorton Farm William Noyes Farmstead William Park House Winslow Ames House Winthrop Mill Woodbridge Farm Wylie School Yantic Woolen Company Mill
National Historic Landmark Districts	Mashantucket Pequot Reservation
National Historic Landmarks	Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House Charles W. Morgan Emma C. Berry Florence Griswold Museum Fort Shantok Archeological District James Merrill House John Trumbull Birthplace L. A. Dunton Monte Cristo Cottage Sabino USS Nautilus William Williams House
Former	Ashland Mill Bridge
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut and List of National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut

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