56 Terrace Avenue

The house is significant architecturally because it is a fine example of the Queen Anne style with good exterior integrity except for the siding.

The house is significant historically because it was the home of W. T. Rodenbach who was an executive in the rubber industry and a proprietor of the Naugatuck Manufacturing Company in Union City. Rodenbach was descended from a family of German-American cabinet makers resident in New York City. He came to Naugatuck to work for Goodyear’s Metallic Rubber Shoe Manufacturing Company, once being the head clerk in that organization.

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

Donlan, H.F., comp., The Citizen’s Naugatuck Souvenir (Naugatuck, 1895), p. 17, historic photograph.