Cary Road, visited

1 Cary road, pre-renovation

Last week I posted on the preservation of the oldest house in Riverside, The Samuel Ferris House 1 Cary Road, and the oldest house in all of Greenwich, the Elizabeth Feake House at 181 Shore Road at the entrance to Tod’s Point (or, originally, “Elizabeth’s Neck”). Both properties were saved from the wrecker’s ball by the combined efforts of Martin Waters and the Greenwich Point Conservancy, headed up by Chris Franco.

Last evening, Mr. Martin held an open house for members of the various Historic groups in Greenwich, and graciously extend an invitation this way. I was unable to attend, but we dispatched the FWIW Hysterical Reporting team — Gideon and Miss Susie — to the location, and Gid reports that “it’s really, REALLY cool”; it’s that kind of professional writing and descriptional skills that keeps Gid on the staff.

Read the original post for details of how these two houses were able to be saved even as the properties they sat on were converted to modern, practical use. A win-win, and residents of Greenwich: this generation and those that follow, owe a debt of gratitude to the people who came together and made it possible.

As renovated (Doug Vanderhorn, architect)

Gideon took some pictures too:

Despite what Gideon thinks, this 1966 XKE belonging to Martin Waters is not original to the original builder/owners; pretty cool, though.