Andrew Carnegie in Greenwich, Electric Hill, First Auto Show, Riverside's Popularity, Emaline Foster & More!

 

Also known as Electric Hill, Andrew Carnegie resided here. 

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On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, how many of you knew that Andrew Carnegie lived in Greenwich? When in town he’d stay at the mid-country estate known as Alta-Crest, also called Electric Hill? I’ll share details about Carnegie’s time in Greenwich, and about the house he stayed in on North Street -reputed to be the first fully-electrified home in the nation, possibly the world.

Women’s History Month soon concludes. On February 28th, 1837, the Selectmen of the Town of Greenwich gave permission for the teachers of the North Greenwich Congregational Church Sabbath School to educate a woman named Emaline Foster. I’ll share details. 

On Greenwich Life As It Is -And Was, columnist Lucien B. Edwards published a piece a century ago about the growth of Riverside, and the popularity of the Riverside Yacht Club.  

As we continue to mark the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police Department, I’ll share news of burglaries, arrests and crimes committed and recorded throughout Greenwich's history.

It was also a century ago that the first automobile show was held in the Armory building on Mason Street. 

A wedding was held uniting the Dewing and Lauder families. 

Located at 27 Havemeyer Place, I’ll share news of the opening of the first modern high school building in 1907. 

In 1830, Dr. Marcus Palmer of Greenwich becomes the first missionary from the town, going forth to the Cherokees under the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions. 

You’ll also hear about  a unique divorce decree in Greenwich dating from 1867. 

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. 

Contact me and join our growing number of listeners anytime via email at greenwichatownforallseasons@gmail.com. 

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Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 4th of April, 2023. 

First Selectman Fred Camillo on Scouting for Food, 'The Moorings,' Nado on Zoning 100 Years Ago, and More!

 

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Welcome to the Tuesday, 21st of March 2023 show! 

Photo Credit: Greenwich Free Press.

On Talk of the Town, Fred Camillo, First Selectman of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, will join us. We'll discuss the 2023 Scouting for Food Drive scheduled for the 1st of April a partnership between Boy Scouts of America Greenwich Council and Neighbor to Neighbor.

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

On Greenwich Life As It Is -And Was, a century ago columnist Lucien Edwards shared with his readers the story of General Lafayette's travels through Mianus, as well as other tidbits of history of that part of town. 

On Greenwich Before 2000, we’ll travel back in history to the year 1940. 

As we continue our observance of Women's History Month, we'll go back to 1911 when the study of French subjects crystalized with Greenwich women founding the Alliance Francais. 

Photo Credit: Greenwich Sentinel.

We'll also call well-deserved attention to a true example of living history by wishing Ruth Wilson a happy birthday as she reached the 105 year mark. 

From All Around the Town, a century ago Putnam Cemetery -organized in 1887- was recognized as "Greenwich's beautiful God's acre." An exciting  chapter in the history of the Bruce Museum is fast approaching. We'll go back to the time of the museum's origins in 1911. You'll hear about two "pioneer boosters" who in 1921 were credited with the story of the growth and property of Byram, then called 'East Port Chester.' They would be Milo Mead, the Sage of New Lebanon, and Silas D. Ritch. 

Anything to do with zoning issues in Greenwich almost always commands attention in the early years of the 21st century. It's been that way far longer than you may realize. I'll share the text of a published letter written by Harry L. Nado, secretary of the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce. He explained the advantages of zoning on communities such as Greenwich, Connecticut a century ago. 

Lest we forget, we'll feature crimes and misdemeanors from the town's history. 

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. 

Contact me and join our growing number of listeners anytime via email at greenwichatownforallseasons@gmail.com. 

Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. Click this link to the show's Facebook site. 

I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too. 

Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 28th of March, 2023. 

The Milbank Estate & ‘The Towers,’ Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, Sylvia Wilks, Opening of Greenwich Streets, Sports! More Than Just a Game Opens

 

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I’ve returned from my travels to my other home in Honolulu, Hawaii. It’s good to be back to watch snow fall in Greenwich on this late winter day. 

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, our journey will take us to the Jeremiah Milbank estate in central Greenwich and ‘The Towers’ on Byram Shore. 

Women’s History Month continues. On today’s show, we’ll turn our attention to the life and legacy of Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, an heiress, philanthropist, advocate and supporter of a wide range of public health and social reform initiatives -including the establishment of one of the first foundations underwritten by a woman in America. 

On Greenwich From Home, we’ll shine the spotlight on Sylvia Wilks, the reclusive Greenwich heiress who was the daughter of tycoon Hetty Green, also known as ‘The Witch of Wall Street,’ the richest woman in America during the Gilded Age. 

On Greenwich Life As It Is -And Was, columnist Lucien B. Edwards published a piece in 1924 focused on the opening of various streets in what is today central Greenwich. 

‘No City of Greenwich,’ was asserted in March, 1924 in opposition to incorporating the Town of Greenwich into a city form of government. Why? I’ll share details. 

As we continue to mark the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the Greenwich Police Department, I’ll share news of burglaries, arrests and crimes committed and recorded from throughout Greenwich's history.

Back in 1879, an anonymous Greenwich resident composed a patriotic poem in observance of the famous ride by General Israel Putnam during the American Revolutionary War escaping capture by invading British forces. 

There’s lots to see, to do, and to learn about the history of the Town of Greenwich. I’ll share news of gatherings and events, including the upcoming St. Patrick’s day parade, a lecture on the indigenous roots of Lacrosse, Sports! More Than Just A Game -the new exhibit at the Greenwich Historical Society and more. 

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. 

Contact me and join our growing number of listeners anytime via email at greenwichatownforallseasons@gmail.com. 

Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. Click this link to the show's Facebook site. 

I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too. 

Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 21st of March, 2023. 

Hawaiian Mission Houses, Arbor Press, Cos Cob's Caroline Mead, Booze Recipes, "Don't Dam It!" & More!

 

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Aloha! E Komo Mai from my home in Honolulu, Hawaii. Welcome to the 7th of March, 2023 show! 

It’s Women's History Month across the USA. From the Greenwich Historical Society's History From Home online resource, you’ll learn from Heather Lodge about three women who left their mark on the town's history: Dr. Valeria Park, Anya Seton, and Gertrude Johnson Steadwell.

The Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives in Honolulu preserves Hawaii's oldest New England/Western-style homes and features an archive of American Protestant missionaries -including those who came from Greenwich, Stamford, Danbury and elsewhere. 

My special guest today is Mike Smola, curator of Public Programs. 

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, our weekly journey will take us to Roanoke, built for Percy Rockefeller and his family as described in the February, 1908 edition of the Greenwich News.

On Greenwich Life As It Is -And Was, Lucien B. Edwards published a piece a century ago in January, 1923 in the Greenwich News and Graphic. It describes the building up of Cos Cob by Caroline Smith Mead, calling Mead Avenue "Cos Cob's Fifth Avenue," and how its stately homes originated, and that Mrs. Mead was Greenwich's first woman real estate developer -at age 81 years- before she died in 1910. 

On Crimes and Misdemeanors, in 1908 David Farrington was fined $5 for trespassing and shooting in self-defense a dog owned by Emil Boas -who, in turn, had his dogs confiscated and fined $10 for a lack of proper licenses. Both men engaged in a "he said, he said" heated exchange in the local press in "the court of public opinion." 

The Arbor Press' then-state-of-the-art printing plant, later Conde Nast in Old Greenwich, was ready to open to much acclaim in the local media in early 1920. We'll provide the details. 

On Wedding Bells in Greenwich, you'll learn about the nuptials in February 1908 of Dr. Lee DeForest, "the wireless telegraph inventor who is Marconi's greatest rival," and Nora Blatch, "daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Blatch of New York City, granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and one of the very few women civil engineers in the world."

From All Around the Town, "Don't Dam It" yelled the headlines in 1907. An attempt was made to block the construction of the Mianus River Dam just north of East Putnam Avenue. 

In 1881, Greenwich's Reading Room and Library was celebrated as having "an educational influence on this community which cannot be overrated. 

"Secession is in the air" in 1907, when "wealthy New Yorkers" in 'Sound Beach' (Old Greenwich) and Riverside wanted to secede from the Town of Greenwich. 

Prohibition was in full swing in the 1920s. Yet, as was revealed in March, 1923, "If one wants to set up a home brewing and get real beer, if he wants to make his own sacramental wines, if he wants to get his own alcohol for making liquors or wishes to go further and obtain a thorough understanding of all the wines and ales and whiskeys the public libraries of the country supply all the information." 

I received a request from the new owners of 146 Old Mill Road in Round Hill. The new owners are curious about its history. They are also curious to know who the original owner of this charming home is. Do you know? 

Please contact me at greenwichatownforallseasons@gmail.com. 

The Ambassador Museum of the United States of America is a supporting sponsor of this show podcast. We're giving our listeners and their families a heads up with some terrific news! Our young people are to be invited to participate in an essay contest made possible by AMUSA. We'll have preliminary details, with a formal announcement on the March 14 show. 

Sports: More Than Just a Game is the newest exhibit at the Greenwich Historical Society, starting March 8, 2023. 

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. 

Contact me and join our growing number of listeners anytime via email at greenwichatownforallseasons@gmail.com. 

Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. Click this link to the show's Facebook site. 

I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too. 

Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 14th of March, 2023 from our home base in Greenwich, Connecticut.