History of Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Journey back in time to Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

(Glenville)

• 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
  
  
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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.
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• 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...
  
  
  
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  The Maples
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•  1902 - ACCIDENT AFTER THE CIRCUS. PRESIDENT TRUESDALE'S SON'S PONY THROWS A BOY, FATALLY INJURING HIM.
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  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...
  
  
  
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  Town Hall, 1906
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•  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...
  
  
  
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  Putnam Avenue
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  Residence E. C. Benedict, 1909
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  Episcopal Church
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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.
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  Public School
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•  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...
  
  
  
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  South Greenwich Avenue, 1914
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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...
  
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• 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...
  
  
  
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  Seabury House, Round Hill Road
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  Y.W.C.A.
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•  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...
  
  
  
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  Christ Church
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  Greenwich Hospital
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  Post Office and Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
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•  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
  
  
•  1983 - June 28 - Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3
  
  historyorb.com
  June 28, 1983