Horse Hill and Winthrop Rds., Westbrook and Deep River, Connecticut. County/parish: Middlesex.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 21, 1985. NRIS 85000313.
2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Messerschmidt Pond Wildlife Management Area is a tract of land in Westbrook and Deep River, Connecticut, adjacent to Cockaponset State Forest. The area includes the millpond and former site of the Deep River Manufacturing Company (also known as Doane's Sawmill and the Messerschmidt Hardware Mill), which preserved a variety of historic manufacturing machinery until its demolition in 1987. The mill and an associated shed and dam were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132355053