Bonnie Breeze, 1845-48, Hiker on Crutches, Horse Thieves, Blythwood and More!

I'm Jeffrey Bingham Mead, your host. Thank you for listening to the show!

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Welcome to the 30th of July 2024 show.

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!

Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you. 

Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, we will journey back in time and visit Bonnie Breeze in Belle Haven, (It's for sale! Click here) made possible by Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard.  

You can contact Matt Bernard, listing broker with Sotheby's International Realty, by calling 203.273.2883. 

What happened in Greenwich in 1845-1848? 

A young man from Greenwich hiked across North America on crutches. 

Horse thieves struck town in 1894, and you'll learn about a sanitarium called Blythwood that once stood across from the campus of Central Middle School. 

We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold. 

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited! 

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 6th of August 2024. 

Italian Villa, Summer in 1883, Tomes Higgins House, Foreign Tourists, Women Detect Lies & More!

Tomes-Higgins House, Christ Church Greenwich

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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!

Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you. 

Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.

Welcome to the 23rd of July 2024 show.

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, we will journey back in time and visit An Italian Villa in Belle Haven, made possible by Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard.  

You'll hear about summertime in 1883, Tomes Higgins House on the campus of Christ Church Greenwich, foreign tourists and their impressions -and shocking news that in 1923 women could detect lies! 

We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold. 

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited! 

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 30th of July 2024. 

Greenwich Founders Day, Feake-Ferris House, Hidden History of Colonial Greenwich

Feake Ferris House, 181 Shore Road, Old Greenwich

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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!

Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you. 

Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.

Welcome to the 16th of July 2024 show.

This week marks the 384th anniversary of the founding of Greenwich, Connecticut on July 18, 1640. 

One of my favorite conversations was one in 2018 with Historian Missy Wolfe, considered by many to be Greenwich's leading authority on the 17th century history of the town. We're featuring an encore presentation on today's show. 

Wolfe is the author of Hidden History of Colonial Greenwich. Her study of the life of Greenwich founder Elizabeth Winthrop Feake Hallett, Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest America, won the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence. 

Innis Arden Cottage at Greenwich Point is the setting for the  Founder's Day ceremonies, a collaboration between the Greenwich Historical Society and the Greenwich Point Conservancy. 

It includes tours of Feake-Ferris House, the oldest house in Greenwich, Connecticut. You're invited!

You'll learn about this house on today's show from an article penned by Christopher Franco and published in CTExplored. 

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited! 

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 23rd of July 2024. 

You're Invited to Tour the Feake Ferris House, Greenwich's Oldest House

 

The Town of Greenwich will commemorate the 384th anniversary of the founding of Greenwich with a ceremony on July 18, 2024. 

The event is being put together by the Greenwich Historical Society in collaboration with the Greenwich Point Conservancy, which will lead tours of the Feake-Ferris House.

Located at 181 Shore Road in Old Greenwich, it is the oldest house in Greenwich and among the oldest in America.

Shuttle van departures from Innis Arden Cottage for Feake-Ferris House tours will run every half-hour from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

Individual tour capacity is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. 

Registration for the tours is required. Visit this link to register. 

I've provided images from 2018 when the house was opened to the public for the first time. 

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Ashford, Trial in Lenox House, Boys Warned, Man Hit by Train, "Yacht Carnival" 1888

 

Indian Harbor Hotel, Scene of the First "Yacht Carnival" in 1888.
Demolished 1895. Commodore Benedict's Indian Harbor Estate Built Here.

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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!

Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you. 

Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.

Welcome to the 9th of July 2024 show.

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, we will journey back in time and visit The Columns -later, Ashford, in Belle Haven, made possible by Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard.  

Lenox House, later the site of the Pickwick Arms Hotel in Greenwich. 

Judge Frederick A. Hubbard returns to share the news about how trials were held in Greenwich's Lenox House.

The first-ever "yacht carnival" was held in August, 1888.

In August, 1888, the first-ever "yacht carnival" was held at the Indian Harbor Hotel. The hotel was demolished in 1895. Commodore E.C. Benedict's Indian Harbor estate stands here today. 

The boys of Greenwich received a stern warning about stealing from one of the town's estates. Edson Jones, a genealogist who resided in Belle Haven, was hit by a train. 

Mark your calendars for July 11-14, 2024. Greenwich's annual Sidewalk Sales Days are here! Sponsored by the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce. 

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited! 

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 16th of July 2024. 

Happy Fourth of July 2024!

 

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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!

Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you. 

Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.

Welcome to the 2nd of July 2024 show. 

Mark your calendars: July 4, 2024 at Greenwich Town Hall, 9:00 a.m. 
Independence Day Association of Greenwich. 

On today's special show, we'll provide you with a sampling of how the Fourth of July was observed in Greenwich, Connecticut's history. 

Also, you'll hear a sampling of Greenwich history stories from the American Revolutionary War era. 

Bloodied shirt worn by Obadiah Mead when he was killed on
the family farm in Quaker Ridge (North Greenwich).

                Start making your Fourth of July 2024 plans now. 

LIFE: Six Women Photographers on Exhibit Until July 7, 2024. 

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited! 

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 9th of July 2024.