Pratt, Read and Company Factory Complex

Pratt, Read and Company Factory Complex
Location Main Street between Bridge and Spring Streets and 5 Bridge Street, Deep River, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°23′25″N 72°26′22″W / 41.39028°N 72.43944°W / 41.39028; -72.43944Coordinates: 41°23′25″N 72°26′22″W / 41.39028°N 72.43944°W / 41.39028; -72.43944
Area 9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
Built 1881
Architect Williams,Charles M.; Ford,Buck & Sheldon
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 84001117[1]
Added to NRHP August 30, 1984

The Pratt, Read and Company Factory Complex is an historic industrial facility located in Deep River, Connecticut. It consists of two clusters of buildings lining the Deep River north of the town center, west of Main Street and bounded on the north by Spring Street and on the south by Bridge Street. The complex on the east was developed by the Pratt-Read Company beginning in 1863, although no buildings survive that predate 1881. These facilities were used to process ivory, notably for combs, buttons, and piano keys, and eventually entire piano keyboard actions. In 1914 the company expanded on the western bank of the river, developing the complex that stands off Bridge Street. It was one of the works of a pioneer of the use of reinforced concrete in factory construction, Ernest J. Ransome.[2]

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 30, 1984.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Pratt, Read and Company Factory Complex" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-11-28.


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