On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, our journey will take us to The Castle, thanks to the Junior League of Greenwich and The Great Estates: Greenwich, Connecticut: 1880-1930.
This in-town great estate dates from 1903. It was designed by its first owner, recently changing hands in 2022 for $10.4 Million, according to MansionGlobal.
On Greenwich Before 2000, you’ll hear about what happened in Greenwich in the years 1886-1887 from the book available for you from Greenwich Library.
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| Ezekiel Lemondale, aka Judge Frederick A. Hubbard. |
On The Judge’s Corner, Judge Frederick A. Hubbard penned Port Chester’s Acquisition of Some Honors That Belong to Greenwich-The Town’s First Planning Commission-A New Type of Laborer-The Approaching Political Campaign, published in February, 1932.
On Greenwich Life As It Is -And Was, Erwin Edwards wrote about attempts to change the names of Cos Cob and East Port Chester -now called Byram.
Did you know that Greenwich, Connecticut has been a favored wedding destination for over a century? We’ll travel back in the town’s history to April 30, 1900.
At the Second Congregational Church, Helen Ripley Benedict -the younger of two daughters of Commodore E.C. Benedict -one of America’s wealthiest men from the Gilded Age- married noted architect Thomas Hastings of the firm Carrere and Hastings, designers of the New York Public Library and other significant landmarks -including Benedict's mansion, Indian Harbor.
On Crimes and Misdemeanors, Araminta Sweeney, who was suspected of setting fire to a barn near the residence of E.C. Converse on Conyers Manor, was committed to a sanitarium after writing and sending threatening letters to the Converse family.
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| The Second Oldest Cemetery in Greenwich. |
In 1910, Cos Cob residents objected to the placing of a pole by the Connecticut Light & Power Company in the public cemetery on Strickland Road; in January, 1927, $5000 was raised for new classrooms after a fire at the Edgewood School; in January, 1888, Greenwich residents were voting to try “the Edison System” for illuminating the streets of central Greenwich via electricity; Connecticut was in a quandary about Daylight Savings Time in 1920, and the people of Greenwich learned that the Thomas Lyon House on the New York/Connecticut state line was moved in January, 1927.
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| The Thomas Lyon House. |
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.
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