Maps and Photos of the Riggs Homestead and Sawmill

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1852 Riggs Homestead and Sawmill Map
1934 Aerial Map, Riggs Homestead 
1947 Geologic Map, Riggs Homestead
 Photo of Riggs Homestead
Beers 1868 Map, Riggs Homestead and Sawmill

1856 Riggs Homestead and Sawmill Map
Post Civil War Map
All the maps on this page shows the location of Ebenezer Riggs Homestead and Sawmill on Chestnut Tree Hill Rd., in Oxford, CT. The Homestead was burned in 1950. The property remained in the Riggs family unitl 1906, when Stephen Posick purchased it. The property was then sold to Isacc N. Albert of Waterbury. Mr. Albert then sold it to John B. Scozzafava in 1914. He then sold the property to Benjamin Baurer, who then sold it to the Seymour Water Company, who still owns it today. Each of the maps above are clearly marked with the locations of the Riggs Homestead and Sawmill.
The remains of the Riggs Sawmill still exist below the old Chestnut Tree Hill pond. The sawmill cut and produced lumber used  for New York ship builders. The water that operated the sawmill came from the pond which traveled down a canal and entered a plank flume. Then the water went through a long tube, falling on a wheel that was attached to a wooden crank. This crank would then operate the saw, making it run up and down at each revolution of the wheel. The Sawmill operated for over 100 years and was owned by Ebenezer Riggs toward the middle to late 1800's.

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