I'm smiling right now. If you've been following me you may recall that last year I hosted a conversation on my then-radio show with Center Director Eli Schaffer of the Greenwich Audubon Center.
I was initially contacted regarding this 18th century house. Zebediah Mead built this gem in circa 1746. Our conversations included interest in a full restoration of the house as well as opening it up to the public.
We were stymied by the pandemic and the lockdown in Spring, 2020.
Well, we are getting the ball rolling again, so to speak. Anne Young, former chair of the Greenwich Historic District Commission and a member of the executive board of Greenwich Preservation Trust has come onboard. I'm delighted.
A "needs assessment" was performed on the house a few years ago through a grant received from the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation. A review of that document should help provide some initial direction with the goal of the house's restoration.
The Greenwich Audubon Center was one of our ancestral family farms. When the Audubon Society acquired the place it was the first nature center in the entire USA.
We're excited about the future of this house, and I hope that you will be, too. You'll be updated as the process unfolds.
Hey Bro do you have a copy of "Historical Place Map" of...guess?
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