Rockville was named after "The Rock," a natural dam of solid stone on the Hockanum River and was a major site for textile mills in the period 1834-1906. The town was consolidated with neighbor Vernon in 1965.
Spectacular architecture is visible downtown in the William and Alice Maxwell House (1905), which later was absorbed by the Rockville General Hospital, and the George Maxwell Memorial Library (1904), both designed by New York architect Charles A. Platt.
Spectacular architecture is visible downtown in the William and Alice Maxwell House (1905), which later was absorbed by the Rockville General Hospital, and the George Maxwell Memorial Library (1904), both designed by New York architect Charles A. Platt. Walking North on Elm St. leads to the tiny Talcott Park, surrounded by whimsical Victorian homes, many on Prospect St. adorned with soaring widow's peaks. Noteworthy are the James I. Regan House (1860) at 60 Prospect (double widows peak) and the Charles Phelps House (1905) at 1 Ellington Ave. (behind backhoe) by Hartwell, Richardson & Driver (Boston).
Outstanding adaptive reuse projects have been applied to the Florence Mill (1864), Hockanum Mills (1849), and Springville Mill (1886) all on West Main St.
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