66 Terrace Avenue

The architectural significance of the house is limited due to the insensitive alterations. The basic mass and structural features do remain, including the hexagonal slate on the roof.

The house is included primarily for its historical significance as the home of George A. Lewis who was an important executive in the rubber industry. His grandfather, Milo, financed the start of Goodyear’s Metallic Rubber Shoe Manufacturing Company. The Lewis family were among Naugatuck’s earliest settlers. The stone textile mill on Rubber Avenue was a Lewis enterprise. George A. Lewis held the position of treasurer of Goodyear’s Metallic Rubber Shoe Manufacturing Company. His widow, Harriet, published poetry, was active in the women’s study club, and annually had her Christmas card specially printed. Her gardener kept the grounds of the house, then larger than they are now, immaculate. The barn was below the house and is now the building on Mead St. occupied by the Water Company.

The Citizen Souvenir, Naugatuck, 1895, picture of house p. 17.

Dana J. Blackwell, interview, August 15, 1986.