Cheney Brothers Historic District - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Cheney Brothers Historic District - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Cheney Brothers Historic District was a center of the silk industry in Manchester, Connecticut, in the late 19th and early 20th century. The district includes over 275 mill buildings, workers houses, churches, schools and Cheney family mansions. These structures represent the well-preserved company town of the Cheney Brothers silk manufacturing company, the first America-based silk company to properly raise and process silkworms, and to develop the difficult techniques of spinning and weaving silk. Cheney Brother Historic Landmark District, Manchester Historical Society The area was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia
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