Seven Gables, 1945-1946, Sniffen Property, Hubbard: Money & Wall Street, Superior Court in Greenwich, Trials in Lenox House & More!

 

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Welcome to the 15th of August 2023 show. 

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, our visit will take us to Seven Gables in Belle Haven. Built in 1891 at 1 Harbor Drive. Its principal owner was Edward N. Norton, "a golf and yachting aficionado who in 1892 built a magical, dark stained, shingled, English cottage...with seven acutely peaked gables, facing towards various points of the compass." 

Our journey is made possible on today's show by Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard. 

It is available for purchase at the Greenwich Historical Society's Museum Store, or copies may be borrowed through the Greenwich Library. It is richly illustrated, revealing a wealth of detailed history. I strongly recommend it. 

On Greenwich Before 2000 we'll look back at 1945-1946.

We continue to observe the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police Department on Crimes and Misdemeanors. 

What else? 

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 22nd of August, 2023. 

Early that morning, I returned to my other home in Hawaii to teach two short-term study groups from Japan, as well as assist with relief efforts due to the catastrophic wild fires on Maui. 

Can you help the people of Maui? Please go to this link for a list of reputable organizations. 

Aloha and be well. 

Sunridge Farm, Original Stanwich Church Burned 100 Years Ago, School Consolidations & More!

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This podcast is made possible by Alexander Affiliates, Eastern Neurologic Services, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere on the Atlantic Learning Consortium Network!

We are pleased this month to promote Greenwich resident Mr. Myllan Mosquera for the best in airport drop-off and pick-up service. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you. 

Welcome to the 22nd of August 2023 show. 

It was one-hundred years ago when the people of Greenwich learned that the original Stanwich Congregational Church burned to the ground. This was major news in Greenwich in August, 1923. 

"During the heavy electrical storm which broke here early Wednesday morning," the Greenwich News and Graphic reported on Friday, August 24, "the Stanwich Congregational Church, one of the oldest edifices in this locality was struck by lightning and was burned to the ground." 

"Another old landmark is gone," said an editorial that same day. 

Judge Frederick A. Hubbard reported that "there has been some discussion as to whether a well-constructed lightning rod might not have prevented the casualty." 

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, we'll pay a visit to Sunridge Farm, located at 534 Riversville Road in North Greenwich -made possible on today's show thanks to The Great Estates Greenwich, Connecticut 1880-1929 by The Junior League of Greenwich. 

On Greenwich Life As It is-And Was, Lucien B. Edwards wrote a century ago in August, 1923 that the "problem of increased accommodations for public school children is one of the important, if not the most important matters in which the majority of the residents of Greenwich are interested at the present time." It is conversation still occurring in 21st century Greenwich. 

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 29th of August, 2023. 

Early that morning, I returned to my other home in Hawaii to teach two short-term study groups from Japan, as well as assist with relief efforts due to the catastrophic wild fires on Maui. 

Can you help the people of Maui? Please go to this link for a list of reputable organizations. 

Aloha and be well. 

Please Help: Recommended Maui Relief Organizations

 

Credit: Maui News

As many of you who have followed me through the years, I've been going back and forth between my home in Greenwich, Connecticut and to Honolulu, Hawaii. 

I just returned to Honolulu on Tuesday, August 15 to resume my teaching and lecturing on August 21 with the International Programs at Kapiolani Community College of the University of Hawaii System. 

Our program was interrupted due to the pandemic when I last taught here in September, 2019. 

Recent news about Hawaii has been dominated by the catastrophic wildfires that engulfed the Island of Maui -especially the destruction of Lahaina, the one-time port and capitol of the Hawaiian Kingdom. 

While here, I have been doing my part to assist with relief efforts. 

With the help and cooperation of my ohana here in Hawaii, I've listed for you the following non-profits that welcome financial assistance. 

Your financial donations to these organizations all help direct immediate financial aid where it is needed:

Maui Food Bank

Hawaii Community Foundation Maui Strong Fund

Red Cross of Maui

Maui Humane Society

Lahaina Restoration Foundation

There aren't adequate words to describe the devastation on Maui -including the loss of life. All Hawaii mourns. 

If you have further questions for me, please contact me by email at greenwichatownforallseasons@gmail.com

Aloha, and with gratitude,

Jeffrey Bingham Mead

Greyhurst & Willowstone, Belle Haven and the Men Who Created It, Widening Greenwich Avenue "Not Dead Yet" by Judge Hubbard & More

 

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Welcome to the 8th of August 2023 show. 

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, our visit will take us to Greyhurst -later, Willowstone- in Belle Haven. Built in 1889 at 221 Otter Rock Drive, Greyhurst was demolished and replaced with Willowstone -"a mediterranean villa comparable to the Breakers in Newport, but on a smaller scale" in 1916. 

Its principal owners were Frank Morgan Freeman and Russel Cowles. Our journey is made possible on today's show by Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard. 

It is available for purchase at the Greenwich Historical Society's Museum Store, or copies may be borrowed through the Greenwich Library. It is richly illustrated, revealing a wealth of detailed history. I strongly recommend it. 

On Greenwich Life As It Is-And Was, you'll learn about the development of Belle Haven, and be introduced to the men behind this Gilded Age community.

In 1906, the Greenwich Police Department was founded. We're pleased to take our listeners back in time on Crimes and Misdemeanors, a segment of the show chronicling crime and law enforcement.

On Greenwich Before 2000, we'll learn what happen in the Town of Greenwich in the years 1692 tru 1697. 

In other historical happenings, called the event of the season, the annual ball at the Riverside Yacht Club in 1893. "These mid-summer balls have become a recognized feature of the summer life at Greenwich." In mid-August, 1901, the first trolley car entered Greenwich from Port Chester. In July, 1929, Judge Frederick A. Hubbard announced in his column, The Judge's Corner, that the widening of Greenwich Avenue was not a dead issue, apparently much to the relief of town residents. 

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 15th of August, 2023. 

Early that morning, I will be returning to my other home in Hawaii to teach two short-term study groups from Japan, as well as assist with relief efforts due to the catastrophic wild fires on Maui. 

Can you help the people of Maui? Please go to this link for a list of reputable organizations.