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Norton, Charles H., House

Plainville, Connecticut
County of Hartford.
National Register Number: 76002139
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling.
Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - May 11, 1976):
From 1922 until his death, this was the residence of Charles H. Norton (1851-1942), the inventor of heavy-duty precision grinding machines which have become integral to modern industrial technology. Not open to the public.


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