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Green Pottery

In 1764, Thomas Green sold a one-quarter acre lot at this location to his grandson, Charles Green. Sometime thereafter, Charles established a facility for the manufacturing of redware pottery on this site. The business is known to have been in operation by the 1780s. Redware is made from clay with high amounts of iron oxide, […]