Timothy Wadsworth Stanley House (1860)

The Gothic Revival mansion at 1 Hillside Place in New Britain was built in 1859-1860 for Timothy Wadsworth Stanley, a successful businessman and state legislator. With his three brothers, Stanley had founded the Stanley Rule and Level Company in the 1850’s, which would much later become part of the Stanley Tool Works, founded by another brother. In 1866, Stanley became the first president of the Union Manufacturing Company. He was also vice-president and later president of the New Britain Savings Bank. His house was originally surrounded by a four-acre estate, designed by the landscape architect Jacob Weidenmann.