Bronson B. Tuttle House (Home of the Naugatuck History Museum)

380 Church St.

The Bronson B. Tuttle House is an example of 19th-century Queen Anne architecture by Waterbury architect Robert Wakeman Hill. This brick and brownstone mansion combines various architectural elements, including an Italianate-inspired square tower, Grecian window lintels, and classical moldings, creating a unique, asymmetrical facade. Though the original wraparound veranda is gone, the house retains its porte-cochere on the north end, with decorative quarter sunburst patterns on its gables and dormers. Terra-cotta cresting enhances the slate roofline, and the distinctive paneled and corbeled chimneys add further detail.

The Bronson B. Tuttle House, built in 1879, was donated to the Borough of Naugatuck in 1935. It served as a school from the 1930s to the 1960s and housed the Board of Education from the early 1970s until 2015. In 2022, it was transformed into the Naugatuck History Museum.

The adjacent Stick-style carriage house on Meadow Street, now the Senior Center, initially connected to the main property by a shared estate, was separated in the 1950s by an added road.

This site became part of the Naugatuck Center Historic District on July 30, 1999, and was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1990.

Tuttle House & Senior Center - 10/2024 Photo Credits: Taylor Bennett