Nuttinghame, Wallace Nutting’s former residence, Southbury
– Daniel Sterner, HistoricBuildingsCT.com
Located in western New Haven County, Southbury is bisected by the Pomperaug River, which flows into the Housatonic River along the town’s southern border. Paugussetts and other native groups populated the area that, with European settlement, became the south purchase of Woodbury. Southbury incorporated in 1787 and, while primarily an agricultural community into the 1800s, it boasted taverns, shoe-making enterprises, and mills for producing paper and sawing lumber. The village of South Britain became a carpet and hat-making area. Still known for its rural charm, Southbury and South Britain earned fame when resident Wallace Nutting, an instrumental figure in the Colonial Revival movement, immortalized them in Connecticut Beautiful (1923).
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