41 Millville Ave.
Designed in 1903 for Howard Beecher Tuttle and Jeannette Seymour Tuttle and their three children: Donald, Ruby and Muriel. H.B. Tuttle, who served as warden (mayor) of Naugatuck for five terms, was an executive of the Eastern Malleable Iron Co., founded in 1858 by his father Bronson B. Tuttle and J.H. Whittemore. 

A. Milton Napier, designer of the house, was a master of the Colonial Revival style. Napier worked in the prestigious architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White from 1887 to 1896 and later operated the Tide-Water Building Company, which oversaw construction of numerous buildings for the Tuttles and Whittemores in Naugatuck and Middlebury, including the Westover School.

Howard passed away in 1933 but his wife, Jeanette, lived in the house until her death in 1955. The house then became Jones Nursing Home in November of 1956 until 1983.  The house then sat vacant for a few years until the conversion to condos began in January 1989.  The conversion was well planned so that most of its historic features have been preserved and each unit is unique. They still retain good examples of crown molding, high ceilings, and original fireplaces. During the years, additional units were added as an annex to the original mansion, and in the early 1990s, the carriage house at the top of the property burned down and a new, three-unit building was added.

(Thank you to Claudia, Bridget, Rachel, Ken & Wendy for help with this weeks post!)

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