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, a...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 m...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...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.
  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 ...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...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 brid...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 ... 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 Ne...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 ...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 ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1983 - June 28 - Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3
  
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  June 28, 1983