Mill Community Record Bridgeport
FIND ‘MILL COMMUNITIES’- Community Name (Common)
- Remington Village Historic District
- Address or Location
- Roughly, Willow and East Aves. between Boston and Barnum Aves., Bridgeport
- Specific Location
- Roughly, Willow and East Aves. between Boston and Barnum Aves.
- County
- Fairfield
- Historic Designation
- Associated Mill Complexes
- Architectural and Historical Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Seventy-six duplexes.
Dates of Construction
1915-1916
Housing Types
Brief Description
For description see National Register application: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/90001425.pdf.
The Remington Village development was built as worker housing during the First World War by the Remington Arms - United Metallic Cartridge Co. (#3897, #3892). The project was one of the first examples of wartime industrial housing erected in the city and it was developed concurrent to additional local efforts conducted by the Bridgeport Housing Company and United States Housing Corporation. The development was completed between 1915-1916 and consists of 76 two-story red brick and wood-frame duplex-style residences manifested in ten distinct but related formats. All of the buildings bear Colonial Revival styling and were designed by the New York-based architectural firm of Hiss and Weekes and architect Alfred Bossom.
