Josiah Bronson House

Josiah Bronson House
Location Breakneck Hill Rd., Middlebury, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°32′51″N 73°7′29″W / 41.54750°N 73.12472°W / 41.54750; -73.12472Coordinates: 41°32′51″N 73°7′29″W / 41.54750°N 73.12472°W / 41.54750; -73.12472
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1738
NRHP Reference # 82004356[1]
Added to NRHP February 25, 1982

The Josiah Bronson House is a historic house on Breakneck Hill Road in Middlebury, Connecticut. It is a 2-1/2 story gabled roof wood frame structure, five bays wide, with a central chimney. Its main entrance is centered on the street-facing facade, with flanking sidelight windows. The house, built 1738,[1] is one of the few 18th-century houses remaining in the town. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The French Army commandeered by Marquis de Lafayette [2] is known to have camped in the area during the American Revolutionary War in 1781 and 1782, due in part to the notoriously steep hill.

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