It's 2023! Happy New Year! How It Was Celebrated in Greenwich & More!

 

Source: Greenwich News & Graphic. December 31, 1926. 

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On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, our journey will take us to Harris Cottage through Matt Bernard’s exquisite book Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut. 

Harris Cottage.

Located at the bottom of Otter Rock Drive, Harris Cottage is not your typical Queen Anne home. Its colorful owners included Edward Julian Nally, the first president of Radio Corporation of America (RCA).

Judge Frederick A. Hubbard. 

In December, 1919, Judge Frederick A. Hubbard penned a letter to the editors of the Greenwich News and Graphic about a place in the harbor area called ‘Marble House.’ 

Erwin Edwards penned a piece for his column Greenwich Life As It Is -And Was regarding various ways Greenwich marked the New Year. 

By Whitman Bailey.

Artist Whitman Bailey published a sketch and a short article on the circa 1792 Zophar Mead House on Pear Lane in Field Point. 

1914.

The people of Greenwich, Connecticut had various ways to mark both the start of a new year and the end of an old one. Some were quite colorful. 

They ranged from driving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle up Put’s Hill in January, 1914, to ice-skating on the frozen pond at Ten Acres -today’s Cardinal Stadium- “moving picture shows" in 1908, the Masonic Ball in the Armory in 1927, reflections on business prospects in 1882, dinner parties at Indian Harbor Yacht Club, music and merriment at the Pickwick Arms Hotel, and so on. I’ll share details. 

All did not go smoothly in the transition from one year to another. I’ll share a few details on Crimes and Misdemeanors. 

Did you know? Greenwich Avenue once had a Piggly Wiggly store. 

A new year marks a new beginning! Don’t let winter’s cold get in the way. There’s lots to see, to do, and to learn about the history of the Town of Greenwich. 

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 our history continues to unfold. 

I'm Jeffrey Bingham Mead, your host. Thank you for listening to the weekly podcast released on Tuesdays. 

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