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Original constitution for the Willimantic Woman's Club

Website of the Willimantic Victorian Neighborhood Association. Includes information on Victorian architecture and histories of twenty houses.

Color postcard of Willimantic Station, Willimantic, Conn.

Color postcard of Willimantic Station, Willimantic, Conn.

Businessmen Abraham Corn, Max Stein, Nathan Stein, and Max Goldstein who worked for Domestic Silk Company in New York City's Garment District are 'lured' to Willimantic by $12,000 grant. They form three companies, Willimantic Silk, Corn Spinning, and…

Max Stein's Willimantic Silk along with the other Domestic Silk subsidiaries on Bridge Street briefly close, putting 900 out of work. After getting tax concessions from Mayor Hurley, the mills reopen.

Windham Silk Company finishes construction of a new three story brick building after buying the property on North Street and tearing down a preexisting extension. The expansion happens to coincide with the company's tenth anniversary.