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Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Greenwich's founding families purchased the land from Native Americans for 25 coats.


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  • 1819 - Greenwich
    Greenwich, a maritime post township, is situated in the southwestern corner of the county and State, 48 miles west from New-Haven, 84 from Hartford, and 38 east from New-York; bounded on the north and west by West-Chester county, in the State of New-York, on the east by Stamford, and on the south by...Read MORE...


  • 1839 - Greenwich
    Greenwich, Connecticut
    Fairfield county. The settlement of this town commenced in 1640, and was incorporated by Stuyvesant, the Dutch governor of New York, in 1665. Greenwich comprises three parishes of villages,—West Greenwich, Greenwich on the E. and Stanwich on the N. West Greenwich, on Horse Ne...Read MORE...


  • 1854 - Greenwich
    Greenwich, a post-township of Fairfield co., Connecticut, bordering on Long Island sound, and intersected by the New York and Hew Haven railroad, 31 miles N. E. from New York city. The principal village has a beautiful situation near the water. It has recently become a favorite place of residence to...Read MORE...


  • 1859
    GREENWICH, a township and village in Fairfield co., Connecticut, U.S., 40 m. E of New York. The township is watered by the Byram river. Pop. 3,921.
    A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859

  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Glimpses of Greenwich, Stamford, and Norwalk
    Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
    New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
    Artwork
  • 1895 - Greenwich
    Greenwich, a post-village in Greenwich township, Fairfield co., Conn., is beautifully situated on Long Island Sound, 28 miles by rail N.E. of New York, and 27 miles W.S.W. of Bridgeport. It contains the Greenwich Academy and elegant residences. Many persons who do business in New York reside here. T...Read MORE...


  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    The Maples
    Postcard
  • News 1902 - ACCIDENT AFTER THE CIRCUS. PRESIDENT TRUESDALE'S SON'S PONY THROWS A BOY, FATALLY INJURING HIM.
    Special to The New York Times.

    Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 13. - JIMMIE MEEHAN, aged fourteen, is dying at his home, next door to the Summer residence of WILLIAM H. TRUESDALE, President of the Lackawanna Road, owing to his desire to ride a circus pony.

    JIMMIE was one of the lemonade boys at the am...Read MORE...


  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Town Hall, 1906
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  • News 1908 - GREENWICH FIRE LOSS MAY REACH $250,000 Business Section of Connecticut Summer Town Swept - Started from Children's Bonfire. SUMMER HOMES DAMAGED
    Telephone Girls Stuck to Their Posts and Sent Messages for Help While Phone Building Burned.
    Special to The New York Times.

    GREENWICH, Conn., July 17 - A fire, in which eight were injured and which did damage estimated at $250,000, destroyed much of the business section of the town to-day. Simul...Read MORE...


  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Putnam Avenue
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  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Residence E. C. Benedict, 1909
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  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Episcopal Church
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  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Pickwick Arms Hotel
    New England's most beautiful family and transient hotel. Twenty-eight miles from New York. Open all year. Under ownership-management.
    Postcard
  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Public School
    Postcard
  • News 1914 - SUES MRS. HOLLEY FOR HER ARREST - Former Maid Alleges Theft Charge Interrupted Her Honeymoon.
    Greenwich, Conn., April 3. - Mrs. William Salffron has appealed to the Superior Court for damages of $10,000 for being torn from her home while a bride an d being taken to the Greenwich jail and charged with stealing $125 of antique table silverware from Mrs. Edward Holley, a sister-in-law of Elmer...Read MORE...


  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    South Greenwich Avenue, 1914
    Postcard
  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Edgewood Inn

    "...The Edgewood Inn, which a 1939 article described was "for many years one of the largest and most fashionable summer hotels in this section", opened its doors in June, 1902. It was located near the interesction of today's Edgewood Place, Edgewood Drive and Valley Drive, on land that was once a part of the Colonel Thomas A. Mead farm.

    Construction of the Inn was financed by Nathaniel Witherell, a wealthy New York shipping tycoon and leading Greenwich real estate developer... Read MORE...

    Postcard
  • 1916
    Greenwich, a banking post-borough in Greenwioh township (town), Fairfield co., Conn., is beautifully situated on Long Island Sound, 28 miles NE. of New York, on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R. It contains the Greenwich Academy, Rosemary Hall, and handsome residences. It is a suburban-resort ...Read MORE...


  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Seabury House, Round Hill Road
    Postcard
  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Y.W.C.A.
    Postcard
  • News 1922 - CASINO IN GREENWICH BURNS
    But Firemen Save the Edgewood Inn, Threatened by the Flames.
    Special to The New York Times.

    GREENWICH, Conn., March 18. - The large casino of the Edgewood Inn, owned by Miss Louise Edward and Miss Mary Dillan, was completely destroyed by fire this afternoon.

    A grass fire was discovered in the...Read MORE...


  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Christ Church
    Postcard
  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Greenwich Hospital
    Postcard
  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    Post Office and Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
    Postcard
  • News 1949 - ..Highway Safety Commission Lists 1948 Freak Accidents - It's a smart car that knows when to stop.
    A Brooklyn man driving in Greenwich in November stopped when he got a flat tire. When the car stopped, eight other drivers sought to swing around the parked car, but bunched up and bumped. Slight damage was caused to all cars - except the one with the flat tire...
    Naugatuck News
    Naugatuck, Connecticut
    Wednesday, January 5, 1949

  • News 1983 - June 28 - Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3

    historyorb.com
    June 28, 1983



Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Greenwich, Connecticut, USA


Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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Glimpses of Greenwich, Stamford, and Norwalk
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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The Maples

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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Town Hall, 1906

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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Putnam Avenue

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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Residence E. C. Benedict, 1909

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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Episcopal Church

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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Pickwick Arms Hotel
New England's most beautiful family and transient hotel. Twenty-eight miles from New York. Open all year. Under ownership-management.

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Postcard
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Public School

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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South Greenwich Avenue, 1914

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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Edgewood Inn

"...The Edgewood Inn, which a 1939 article described was "for many years one of the largest and most fashionable summer hotels in this section", opened its doors in June, 1902. It was located near the interesction of today's Edgewood Place, Edgewood Drive and Valley Drive, on land that was once a part of the Colonel Thomas A. Mead farm.

Construction of the Inn was financed by Nathaniel Witherell, a wealthy New York shipping tycoon and leading Greenwich real estate developer... Read MORE...

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Postcard
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Y.W.C.A.

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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Seabury House, Round Hill Road

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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Christ Church

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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Greenwich Hospital

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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Post Office and Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument

History, News and Stories of Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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  • 1819 - Greenwich
    Greenwich, a maritime post township, is situated in the southwestern corner of the county and State, 48 miles west from New-Haven, 84 from Hartford, and 38 east from New-York; bounded on the north and west by West-Chester county, in the State of New-York, on the east by Stamford, and on the south... Read MORE...

  • 1839 - Greenwich
    Greenwich, Connecticut
    Fairfield county. The settlement of this town commenced in 1640, and was incorporated by Stuyvesant, the Dutch governor of New York, in 1665. Greenwich comprises three parishes of villages,—West Greenwich, Greenwich on the E. and Stanwich on the N. West Greenwich, on Horse... Read MORE...

  • 1854 - Greenwich
    Greenwich, a post-township of Fairfield co., Connecticut, bordering on Long Island sound, and intersected by the New York and Hew Haven railroad, 31 miles N. E. from New York city. The principal village has a beautiful situation near the water. It has recently become a favorite place of residence... Read MORE...

  • 1859
    GREENWICH, a township and village in Fairfield co., Connecticut, U.S., 40 m. E of New York. The township is watered by the Byram river. Pop. 3,921.
    A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
  • 1895 - Greenwich
    Greenwich, a post-village in Greenwich township, Fairfield co., Conn., is beautifully situated on Long Island Sound, 28 miles by rail N.E. of New York, and 27 miles W.S.W. of Bridgeport. It contains the Greenwich Academy and elegant residences. Many persons who do business in New York reside here.... Read MORE...

  • News  1902 - ACCIDENT AFTER THE CIRCUS. PRESIDENT TRUESDALE'S SON'S PONY THROWS A BOY, FATALLY INJURING HIM.
    Special to The New York Times.

    Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 13. - JIMMIE MEEHAN, aged fourteen, is dying at his home, next door to the Summer residence of WILLIAM H. TRUESDALE, President of the Lackawanna Road, owing to his desire to ride a circus pony.

    JIMMIE was one of the lemonade boys at the... Read MORE...

  • News  1908 - GREENWICH FIRE LOSS MAY REACH $250,000 Business Section of Connecticut Summer Town Swept - Started from Children's Bonfire. SUMMER HOMES DAMAGED
    Telephone Girls Stuck to Their Posts and Sent Messages for Help While Phone Building Burned.
    Special to The New York Times.

    GREENWICH, Conn., July 17 - A fire, in which eight were injured and which did damage estimated at $250,000, destroyed much of the business section of the town to-day.... Read MORE...

  • News  1914 - SUES MRS. HOLLEY FOR HER ARREST - Former Maid Alleges Theft Charge Interrupted Her Honeymoon.
    Greenwich, Conn., April 3. - Mrs. William Salffron has appealed to the Superior Court for damages of $10,000 for being torn from her home while a bride an d being taken to the Greenwich jail and charged with stealing $125 of antique table silverware from Mrs. Edward Holley, a sister-in-law of... Read MORE...

  • 1916
    Greenwich, a banking post-borough in Greenwioh township (town), Fairfield co., Conn., is beautifully situated on Long Island Sound, 28 miles NE. of New York, on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R. It contains the Greenwich Academy, Rosemary Hall, and handsome residences. It is a suburban-resort ... Read MORE...

  • News  1922 - CASINO IN GREENWICH BURNS
    But Firemen Save the Edgewood Inn, Threatened by the Flames.
    Special to The New York Times.

    GREENWICH, Conn., March 18. - The large casino of the Edgewood Inn, owned by Miss Louise Edward and Miss Mary Dillan, was completely destroyed by fire this afternoon.

    A grass fire was discovered in... Read MORE...

  • News  1949 - ..Highway Safety Commission Lists 1948 Freak Accidents - It's a smart car that knows when to stop.
    A Brooklyn man driving in Greenwich in November stopped when he got a flat tire. When the car stopped, eight other drivers sought to swing around the parked car, but bunched up and bumped. Slight damage was caused to all cars - except the one with the flat tire...
    Naugatuck News
    Naugatuck, Connecticut
    Wednesday, January 5, 1949
  • News  1983 - June 28 - Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3

    historyorb.com
    June 28, 1983

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