Ball and Roller Bearing Company

Ball and Roller Bearing Company
Location 20-22 Maple Avenue, Danbury, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°23′54″N 73°27′8″W / 41.39833°N 73.45222°W / 41.39833; -73.45222Coordinates: 41°23′54″N 73°27′8″W / 41.39833°N 73.45222°W / 41.39833; -73.45222
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1917
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 89001087[1]
Added to NRHP August 25, 1989

The Ball and Roller Bearing Company, also known as American Family Crafts and the Joseph Nutt House and Machine Shop, is a historic industrial complex at 20-22 Maple Avenue in Danbury, Connecticut. The complex includes three buildings, two of which are wood frame and one which is brick. The two wood frame buildings include the Queen Anne-style former home of Joseph Nutt, who established a machine shop providing services to Danbury's hat making industry in 1886. Nutt's home also served as his company's office, and is attached to a single-story monitor-roofed brick structure. The factory is most notable as the location where Lewis Heim, owner of the Ball and Roller Bearing Company, invented the modern centerless grinding machine in 1917.[2]

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1989.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ William E. Devlin (February 1, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Ball and Roller Bearing Company / American Family Crafts / Joseph Nutt House and Machine Shop" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 9 photos, exterior and interior, from 1984 and 1988
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