Each business located in The Velvet Mill is independently owned and operated. Hours posted here are
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For space availability please call Building Manager Eric Pivco at 917-915-6340. The Velvet Mill is zoned to operate:
- Retail / Boutique spaces.
- Light manufacturing, processing and assembly work
- Printing and publishing establishments
- Research laboratories and related offices
- Marine science facilities
- Art galleries & studio space
- Business and professional offices, including therapeutic
healing, dance studios, tutoring centers
- Private office space
- Warehouse and distribution centers/facilities
11/02/2024
Open today from 10-4 pm. Bottles in stock: Extra Smooth Scully Vodka, Bloody Mary Mix, Hooked Spiced Honey Rum, P.O.G. Rum (passion fruit orange guava), Coconut Cream Rum, & Hot Honey Rum.
Canned cocktails this weekend are Blueberry Lemonade, Kiwi Lemonade & Apricot Lemonade made with white Rum. We also have Beach Daze, a delicious blend of pineapple, orange, coconut cream, lime, nutmeg and white rum. Grab a 4 pack or some bottles for your weekend plans! Cheers! 🍹 🍸
11/02/2024
Mark your Calendars 🗓️ Pleasant Acres is hosting a Build~Your~Own Cornucopia Class just in time for Thanksgiving 🍁🦃 at Whitecrest Eatery inside the Velvet Mill, on Thurday November 21st!
Tonight’s special….Spicy N’duja sausage and clam pizza! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
10/31/2024
Happy Halloween!! 🎃 Open today & Friday from 11-2 pm, and Saturday 10-4 pm. Come grab your favorite flavors for your spooky adventures today! Bottles in stock: Extra Smooth Scully Vodka, Bloody Mary Mix, Hooked Spiced Honey Rum, P.O.G. Rum (passion fruit orange guava), Coconut Cream Rum, & Hot Honey Rum.
Canned cocktails this weekend are Blueberry Lemonade, Kiwi Lemonade & Apricot Lemonade made with white Rum. We also have Beach Daze, a delicious blend of pineapple, orange, coconut cream, lime, nutmeg and white rum. Grab a 4 pack or 2 for your weekend plans! Cheers! 🍹 🍸
10/31/2024
Happy Halloween!!! We have a case full of spooky and sweet treats all day!! Stop in today; open 8:30 to 3.
10/31/2024
10/31/2024
10/31/2024
Nostalgia!!
10/31/2024
Click here for an update from The Beer'd Brewing Co.!
Visit us at Shine Wellness Studio, located in The Velvet Mill, Studio K: Park in the main lot, enter through the Zest Bakery entrance, head up the stairs toward the art gallery, take a right, and then the next right in the hallway. Studio K is on the left, marked by a black door with an elk head.
10/29/2024
Good morning from the studio! ☀️ A quick update for those who are interested in book repair services: current wait times are approximately 6-8 weeks.
If you're thinking about surprising a loved one with a repaired book for the holidays, the deadline to get it into the studio is Oct 31st.
Feel free to DM or email photos of your books for an estimate!
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10/28/2024
10/28/2024
10/28/2024
Greeting this new week with this incredible custom Cane Corso dog head cake! There’s nothing like the bond between a man and his dog; his wife ordered this cake for his birthday! Happy Birthday!
10/25/2024
10/25/2024
What a beautiful day in the neighborhood, 💕
Studio open Friday 12-5 - Saturday 9-5 - Sunday 11-5
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Join us this Saturday for Christmas in July!! 🎄 Get your pictures with Santa! Watch Christmas movies! Face painting! Shop the festive stores at the Mill and artisanal vendors. 🎁 A fun time for all. Free admission! Free Parking! We are ten minutes from downtown Mystic! See you Saturday.
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Join us tonight to celebrate local artist Dennis Sirrine’s “Early Works” opening reception at the Velvet Mill Gallery.
Friday, June 7th 5-8pm
Snacks & libations by our talented and generous community.
🖼️THANK YOU for supporting local artists 🖼️
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The American Velvet Mill: Celebrating 130 Years of History!
The Stonington plant was built by the town in 1888 as a means of encouraging development of new industry. Originally, A. Wimpfheimer & Bro., Inc. imported velvets from abroad and sold them to itinerant merchants and to consumers. The passage of the McKinley Act in 1891 made it possible to start manufacturing velvet in this country. At first, the Wimpfheimers attempted to weave and dye fabrics in their mill in Astoria, Long Island. However, because of a malaria epidemic, they relocated to Stonington, Connecticut.
"From the time the yarn enters the Wimpfheimer plant to the time the fine finished velvets leave, all packed and ready for use, every step in production is performed under one roof...under one guiding hand...under one standard of quality. We weave our own grey goods...dye and finish the piece. Many of these operations are performed on special machinery designed by Clarence A. Wimpfheimer in conjunction with textile engineers and key men of the organization. "
'For speed and efficiency of operation...for streamlined production methods...for economy of motion and effort...the Wimpfheimer plant rivals the straight-line production set-ups of the automobile industry."
In 1996, the President of the American Velvet Company made the tough decision to move the company out of Connecticut and relocate to Virginia, which is more business friendly. Mr. Wimpfheimer cited that personnel costs were over 20 times higher in CT than Virginia. From an original mill organization operating 25 looms and employing 35 people in 1891, the company expanded with the growth of this country, operating approximately 300 broad looms with 450 employees by the middle of the 20th century.
Today this mill, like many others in New England, continues to develop its adapted reuse with the many artists, craftspeople and entrepreneurs you will soon meet. We feel a certain kinship with the artisans that worked here for generations and we ask you to join us in celebrating their many contributions. The Velvet Mill is now home to a thriving creative community of artists, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Offering visual arts, design, unique crafts, creative classes, health & healing services, fitness classes, and professional services including co-working space serving entrepreneurs and freelancers. The Mill is also home to an artisanal bakery, an award winning nano brewery, a local cheese shop and soap/candle studio!
