Happy Autumn!
It is the last smile of nature before the winter cold.
May the warmth and glow of the autumn season bring you endless joy!
And as we approach Thanksgiving next week, remember to see the beauty of autumn, let us see the blessings which are ours.
On today’s 18th of November 2022 show, we’ll cast our gaze back to America’s Gilded Age in the 1890’s through Matt Bernard’s book, Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Ridgecrest is a shingle-style residence in what Scientific American described as being in the “modern rustic style.”
It was built in 1892 on Bush Avenue for Nelson Mead, a Greenwich-born lawyer and businessman who, in 1912, was until recently the last Democrat from Greenwich to serve in the Connecticut State House.
On Greenwich Before 2000, we’ll go back to what happened in the year 1942.
A potter’s field, paupers’ cemetery or common grave is a place for the burial of the unknown, unclaimed or indigent people. It might surprise you to learn that the Town of Greenwich has such a cemetery. I’ll share its history.
You’ll meet Greenwich artist and historical columnist Whitman Bailey, whose illustrations and stories about the town’s history and historically notable places were published in Greenwich newspapers. You’ll learn about a section of Bruce Park once known as Hawk’s Nest.
The Greenwich News reported on its front page Ernest Thompson Seton’s seven months of exploration in the “Far North” after the famous naturalist returned to his Cos Cob estate, Wyndygoul on November 15, 1907.
In November, 1928, columnist L.B. Edwards penned a piece in the Greenwich News and Graphic on how Thanksgiving was observed in Greenwich, Connecticut throughout its history.
In early November, 1911, John Skimmerhorn, a seventeen-year-old farmer’s boy from Webster, New York near Rochester, wandered into Greenwich police headquarters.
His father and mother were in Danielson, a borough in Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut on a farm he purchased. Leaving the boy to husk corn on the old farm, his instructions were to take the train to join them. How did he end up in Greenwich? Stay tuned.
“An armed and disguised company entered Mr. George Dayton’s home, and celebrate the 20th anniversary of his wedding” in Belle Haven. This was a novel way to celebrate, and I'll have details.
Thanksgiving is less than a week away! I’ve have news of the Winter Market Cocktail Reception at Christ Church Greenwich benefitting the Greenwich Historical Society.
Twachtman’s Greenwich Home, Then and Now is an illuminating article penned by Maggie Dimock, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections with the Greenwich Historical Society. Her piece is associated with the recently-opened Life and Art: The Greenwich Paintings of John Henry Twachtman, one that I strongly recommend.
You'll hear news of exhibits, activities and events for the public.
You’ve come to the right place to learn about the history of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, one of America's most interesting and extraordinary communities.
We’ll have all this -and more- as history continues to unfold.
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