Brayton Grist Mill

  • Also Known As: Marcy Blacksmith Museum

  • Address: Mashamoquet Rd (US 44)
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Brayton Grist Mill is located on the eastern bank of Mahamoquet Brook south of Route 44, the historic Connecticut-Rhode Island Turnpike, just inside the main entrance to Mashamoquet Brook State Park. Originally one of several water-powered nineteenth-century industries clustered along the stream in the hollow, the mill now stands alone on the forested bank. While there is no evidence of the dam known to have been located to the north (upstream), the ruins of a diversion canal and the stone foundation set into the bank of another structure to the south (downstream) of Brayton Mill survive. The watercourses for the mill have either been obliterated or were entirely underground and survive unseen.

The vernacular structure dates to the last decade of the nineteenth century, replacing or incorporating an earlier grist mill on the site that is believed to have burned. Of post-and-beam construction utilizing salvaged materials, the four-story, gable-ended mill is set into the bank with two floors above grade. The facade (east elevation) has paneled sliding doors on rolling tracks on the third and fourth levels and a separate entrance to the staircase servicing the fourth floor. All windows are double-hung six-over-six with plain surrounds, and the exterior is sheathed with both plain and beaded vertical board siding. - NRHP, 12 May 1986


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1890/00/00 William Brayton Owner Brayton Grist Mill is built by William Brayton on the site of an earlier mill, the grist mill stands virtually unchanged since milling operations ceased in 1928.

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Particulars for Brayton Grist Mill:
Sight Category Building
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Industry
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 86001257
Resource Type:
Owner: State
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Industry
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Significant Year: c 1890
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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