Stafford Hollow, also known as Stafford, Stafford Village, or Furnace Hollow, is a village in the town of Stafford, in Tolland County, Connecticut, located at the junction of Route 19 and Route 319. Stafford Hollow was the town center of Stafford during the 18th and 19th centuries, before the growth of the village of Stafford Springs.[2]
Un área de 0,26 millas cuadradas (0,67 km 2 ) del pueblo ha sido designada distrito histórico , el distrito histórico de Stafford Hollow , que incluye el renacimiento colonial , el renacimiento griego y la arquitectura victoriana tardía . [2] [3] Las casas del siglo XX en las carreteras que parten del centro del pueblo no están incluidas en el distrito histórico.
Ya en 1779, Stafford Hollow fue el sitio de un alto horno , conocido como alto horno Phelps, que procesaba minerales de hierro de pantano . Se dice que el horno Phelps produjo cañones y balas de cañón , teteras y ollas para uso del Ejército Continental . Funcionó hasta 1840, cuando se agotó el suministro local de mineral. [4]
Stafford Hollow Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1][3] The historic district includes five of the Town of Stafford's most significant buildings.[2]: 16 The district includes the Pinney School building, a Queen Anne style structure from 1895.[2]: 11 It includes the Valley Cotton Mill site, now ruins, which was destroyed in 1900.[2]: 13