The house at 50 High Street, in the Baileyville section of Middlefield, was built by Edgar A. Nettleton (1843-1922) with the pay he received after serving in the Civil War (13th Connecticut Volunteer Regiment). Nettleton worked at the Metropolitan Washing Machine Company in Baileyville. He married Philena C. Geer and had at least five children. His son Walter inherited the property in 1923 and lived there until 1947. Walter S. Nettleton was a Master of the Middlefield Grange.
Edgar A. Nettleton House (1871)
Thank you for putting this house on the list of historic houses of Connecticut.
Edgar Nettleton was my great-great-grandfather.
I’ve visited the house (I use to take piano lessons in the basement), but I know little about Edgar Nettleton. If anyone has more info on him – I’d love to know more about him.