Hervey Brooks Pottery Shop and Kiln Site

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Hervey Brooks Pottery Shop and Kiln Site
GoshenCT HerveyBrooksProperty.jpg
View of the lane leading to the site
Location Goshen, Connecticut
Arealess than one acre
Built byBrooks, Hervey
NRHP reference No. 93001362 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1993

The Hervey Brooks Pottery Shop and Kiln Site is a historic industrial archaeological site in Goshen, Connecticut. 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. The shop structure was moved to Old Sturbridge Village in the 20th century, where a reconstruction of his kiln has also been undertaken. [2] 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 in 1993. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Vermilyea, Peter (2014). Hidden History of Litchfield County. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 85–88. ISBN   9781625851062.