Old Sturbridge Village on the Old Maps
Old Sturbridge Village was built on lands that once belonged to the Wight family. This 1831 map shows "D. Wight's Saw Mill" being fed by a man-made mill pond that still exists today (actually part of the Quinnebaug River). OSV now occupies most of the area shown in this excerpt. There is a modern dam at the same location as in 1831. See the Google map below. The sawmill on the modern map is at (or close to) the same location as the 1831 sawmill. Old Sturbridge Village built the replica in the 1980s. Below is a 1795 map of this same area. There are two sawmills shown. I think the one to the south is the old Wight sawmill site. I am not sure who owned it then. Later maps are also interesting to look at The above map, 1858 shows Wight's grist mill and saw mill (at the large "B" on the map). The house D. Wight is on the premises of today's OSV (???). Note several other Wight houses at the top of the map , including Wight's Store. The 18...