Case Brothers Historic District
Case Brothers Historic District is in southeastern Manchester, Connecticut. It is a cluster of the Case family’s mill, homes, and surrounding land that later became the Case Mountain Recreation Area, a public park. The Case brothers ran a paper mill on the site from 1862 to 1967, building a nearly self-contained mill community once known as Highland Park.
The district includes the mill complex, dams and bridges across Birch Mountain Brook that created Upper and Lower Case Ponds, and two large houses at 673 and 680 Spring Street. Both houses were built in the 1860s in the Italianate style and were heavily updated in the early 20th century: one became Mediterranean Revival with a stucco exterior, the other was transformed into a Colonial Revival mansion.
The Case family expanded their land and business over the years, and the company endured through the Great Depression. The business was sold to Boise Cascade in 1967 and operated on the site until 1973; the houses left the family afterward. The informal Case Mountain park area is now a mix of city-owned land and land held by a local conservation trust.
The district covers about 435 acres and is located in southeastern Manchester, near Interstate 384 and the rugged Case Mountain. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 2009 (reference number 09000468). The district showcases Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals and Rustic architectural styles.
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