Coming Up Next: Matt Bernard, Author of Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park Greenwich, Connecticut

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At the height of the Gilded Age America’s wealthiest families begin to cluster in Newport, Southampton, Bar Harbor and Tuxedo Park. In these idyllic locales they built luxurious “summer cottages” away from the grit and grime of New York, Boston or Philadelphia. The Belle Haven peninsula in Greenwich, Connecticut is home to one of America's first planned residential parks. 

My Talk of the Town guest on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 is Matt Bernard, author of Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut. This meticulously researched and richly illustrated book focuses on the great flowering of Belle Haven from 1884 to 1929. 

Read about Matt Bernard and his book from this Greenwich Time story. 

You can purchase copies at your favorite online book source, at the Greenwich Historical Society's gift shop in Cos Cob, and Diane's Books of Greenwich.

Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons broadcasts from the studios of 1490 WGCH Greenwich, Connecticut and anywhere via audio-streaming on WGCH.com. 

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Tune in at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Can’t listen in real-time? All shows are freely available and archived on Podcasts.com via a special channel. Listen on your time, anytime from anywhere. 

Coming Up Next: New York-based Architect Norm Davis and a Tale of a Wayward Gravestone

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Does this happen to you? I'll bet not.

Picture this: You open up your email box in Honolulu to find a message from someone you've never met before. This gentleman tells you that he is in possession of a brownstone grave marker dated from the late 18th century. 

The woman it memorializes is interred somewhere in Greenwich -but where? 

It has been in the basement for many years. The house in the market, and the stone must be repatriated to its proper place. 

You've enlisted the help of far-flung historians and genealogists in the Pacific Northwest and Scotland -and the Greenwich Historical Society. 

Time is not necessarily on your side. 

Join me for the next broadcast of Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. My guest is New York-based architect Norm Davis. 

With all-things Halloween in the air, Norm -who is a descendant of some of Greenwich's founding families- tells us the story of a that wayward early Greenwich gravestone circa 1799 that was found in his father's Port Chester NY backyard. Stored in the house for many years -and with the house on the market- the grave marker needed to be repatriated to its proper place. 

Yes, this does turn out well. 

Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons broadcasts from the studios of 1490 WGCH Greenwich, Connecticut and anywhere via audio-streaming on WGCH.com. 

Can't listen in real-time? All shows are freely available and archived on Podcasts.com via a special channel. Listen on your time, anytime from anywhere. 

Andrew Melillo, Acacia Lodge #85 of the Greenwich Free Masons

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Free Masonry is the world's oldest and largest fraternity. Comprised of men of good character and other attributes across international lines, the Free Masons have been organized and active for centuries in many places -including the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut. 

Joining me by phone on the Wednesday, October 10 broadcast of Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons is Mr. Andrew Melillo, the head of the Acacia Lodge No. 85. 

Many of us have a limited knowledge of the role of the Free Masons in Greenwich's history. Greenwich Free Press featured a story in its February 8, 2017 edition. Learn more by clicking here. You can also connect online via Facebook with the Connecticut Freemasons here. 

I've invited Andrew Melillo to explain what Masonry is, its history and origins, local Greenwich luminaries associated with its founding, what it means to be a Free Mason, programs, projects and more. 

He'll also talk to us about the David Noble Theis Memorial Scholarship. Go to this link on Greenwich Free Press to learn more. 

On Amusements you'll hear news of a famous -or infamous- turn-of-the-century Halloween party at the Holley Inn, then headquarters of the Cos Cob Art Colony of American Impressionism, what's happening on the Community Calendar, and more. 

Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons broadcasts from the studios of 1490 WGCH Radio in Greenwich, Connecticut and on WGCH.com anywhere via live-audio streaming every other Wednesday morning 9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. You'll also find archived broadcasts on the Shows & Hosts section of WGCH.com and on a special channel freely available on Podcasts.com. 

On the September 26 Inaugural Broadcast: Greenwich Historical Society CEO/Executive Director Debra Mecky

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At last! The time has come! 

The inaugural broadcast of Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons was on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Listen to the show at the link above or here. 

My first guest was Greenwich Historical Society CEO/Executive Director Debra Mecky. She was on the phone with me from the Bush Holley House Historic Site and Society headquarters in Cos Cob.