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 Hazardville Historic District - Hazardville CT Posted by:  nomadwillie
N 41° 59.190 W 072° 32.350
18T E 703849 N 4651206
Hazardville is a section of the Town Enfield, getting it's name from the Hazard Powder Company that operated along the Scantic River from 1835 to 1913.
Waymark Code: WMNVHY
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 05/07/2015
Views: 2
The entire development of the area centered around the Hazard Powder Company. makers of gun powder. Allen Loomis from Suffield started the powder grinding operation in 1835. His partners were his two brothers and a Mr Denlow of New Haven. To market their product they develped made an arrangement with a sales agent in NYC, Col. Augustus Hazard. Mr Hazard bought out and the firm continued as Loomis, Hazard & Company in 1837. In 1843 Col. Hazard bought the rest of the company and renamed it the Hazard Powder Company.
During the Civil War, Hazard was one of the principal suppliers of gun powder to the Union Army.
Street address:
CT 190 and CT 192
Hazardville , CT
County / Borough / Parish: Hartford
Year listed: 1980
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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