Old Houses at Bucks Hill, Part Two

Here are a few of the great houses in the Bucks Hill neighborhood. To see more, visit Old Houses at Bucks Hill, Part One.


Feodore Liebreich House
2658 North Main Street

Feodore Liebreich was a German immigrant who lived in Waterbury at Bucks Hill from about 1873 until his death in 1897. Liebreich was a successful farmer who slowly acquired several parcels of land to expand his farm.

Built in 1900 on the site of an early 1700s house, this house may retain some of the original colonial-era structure. It is now a two-family house with vinyl siding and fake shutters hiding the original wood siding.

2658 North Main Street

2658 North Main Street

A. J. Patton map, detail showing Liebrecht family land, 1909

Bosse Dairy
419 Bucks Hill Road

During the 20th century, this house and barn were part of a dairy farm owned by the Rompre family and then by the Bosse family. Both families were French Canadian immigrants. (Ruth Glasser, Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut)

The house was built in 1900, replacing the original farmhouse which was built in 1708 for the Welton family. The Weltons owned the farm for almost two hundred years. 

Nelson James Welton (1829-1917), grew up on the Welton farm. He became a land surveyor, civil engineer, and hydraulic engineer. He held a number of elected offices in Waterbury and was the city's street surveyor and engineer, and he oversaw the construction of Waterbury's first sewer system. In 1883, the year after his father's death, Welton moved into a newly built mansion at 83 Hillside Avenue.

419 Bucks Hill Road

Barn at 419 Bucks Hill Road

Rear of barn at 419 Bucks Hill Road, seen from Greystone Road

Bucks Hill Victorians

During the 1880s and 1890s, a number of homes were built at Bucks Hill for middle class families. Although many of them have been modified by modern siding and vinyl windows, they still retain some of their distinctive Victorian features.

2179 and 2189 North Main Street, built in 1895 and 1879

2211 North Main Street, built 1880 (porch enclosed in 1970)

2225 North Main Street, built 1884

363 Bucks Hill Road, built 1895

2537 North Main Street, built 1900