Otter Cottage, Faircroft Fire, Whiskey in a Piano, 1958, Summer Prep in 1882 & More!

Faircroft, Now Brunswick School's Middle School Campus. 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 18th of June 2024 show.Cooling Centers Open in Greenwich Due to Heatwave. On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, we will journey back in time and visit Otter Cottage in Belle Haven, made possible by Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard.  In April, 1924, Faircroft -one of the 'Great Estates' in Northern Greenwich was destroyed by fire. It was reconstructed in 1925. It went on to be the home of Claire Booth Luce, Tudor Investment Corporation, and now serves as Brunswick School's middle school campus. A pianist in Larry Siry's Orchestra at the Pickwick Arms Hotel found "a small flask of whiskey wrapped in a copy of the New York Evening Post, bearing date of Aril 20, 1898" in a carefully stowed piano in the hotel -making front-page news in 1925. What happened in Greenwich in Year 1958? We'll have the details.It was May, 1882 -and already Greenwich Realtor Charles Cameron, "has been kept busy with people looking for houses for the summer months, and from present appearances probably all places offering for rent will be taken." All are invited to the Greenwich Historical Society's Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom on Saturday, June 22. Learn more here. 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 [email protected]. 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 25th of June 2024.