Labor Day 2022, the Witherell Cottages, Solomon Stoddard Mead Visits Sing Sing, Boy Wins Pierce Arrow Car & More!

It’s Labor Day weekend! Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard is an incredible compilation of the homes in Belle Haven -home to one of the first and most spectacular residence parks in America. Indeed, Successful American Magazine described Belle Haven in 1902 as, "a nonpareil spot, surpassing in beauty, while equaling in elegance, the pet of the fashionable world, Newport, and outshining Tuxedo in brilliance and gaiety.” On today’s show we’ll take you back to visit the Witherell Cottages, principally owned by Greenwich Philanthropist Nathaniel Witherell. On Crimes and Misdemeanors, a woman whose home was off Steamboat Road was running a still in an old barn during Prohibition, was caught by the authorities. We’ll also hear about a hit-and-run accident and a driver who almost got away. Imagine this: a boy in 1925 won a $4000 Pierce Arrow automobile at the Sound Beach Fire Department’s annual carnival! Solomon Stoddard Mead was a successful businessman who owned one of the family’s ancestral farms in North Greenwich. He boarded horses for the growing number of New Yorkers coming to Greenwich in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One day in July, 1903, he and a friend from Georgia went on an unusual trip together to the notorious Sing Sing Prison in New York. Mead even sat in the “death chair” and tried on the cap that went with it “-but the electricity was wanting.” Greenwich Before 2000 is an updated, revised edition of Before and After 1776: The Comprehensive Chronology of the Town of Greenwich. What happened from 1910 to 1911? Tune in and find out.I'll have more about Discover Greenwich Creating a Sense of Place, celebrating the 90th year anniversary of the Greenwich Historical Society. I'll have news of exhibits, activities and events for the public. Where did summer go? It’s the 2nd of September 2022. Happy Labor Day! 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 history continues to unfold.Be sure to check out all the events and activities where you can immerse yourself in Greenwich history, thanks to the Greenwich Historical Society. Learn more at GreenwichHistory.org. Contact me at [email protected]. I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.comBe sure to tune in for our next show which is scheduled for Friday, the 9th of September 2022.