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Roughly bounded by Railroad, Arch, Field Point, W. Elm, Greenwich, Putnam, Mason, Havemeyer, and Bruce, in downtown Greenwich 41°01′33″N 73°37′36″W / 41.025833°N 73.626667°W / 41.025833; -73.626667 ( Greenwich Avenue Historic
Greenwich (/ ˈ ɡ r ɛ n ɪ tʃ / GREH-nitch) is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 63,518. [2] It is the largest town on Connecticut's affluent Gold Coast. Greenwich is home to many hedge funds and financial services firms due to its residential setting and ...
The community is situated on Cos Cob Harbor, a sheltered area on the north side of Long Island Sound. Cos Cob's role as a commercial shipping port, supplying potatoes and apples to New York City, disappeared with the appearance of the railroad and damming of the Mianus River. The river is now one source of the town's drinking water.
06830, 06831. FIPS code: 09-33690: GNIS feature ID: 2631566: Greenwich is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
The property was purchased by Dr. James C. Greenway and his wife Harriet Lauder Greenway, the daughter of multi-billionaire (in today's currency) George Lauder and niece of Andrew Carnegie, one of the wealthiest Americans ever, in 1905. At the time of purchase, the estate included 57 acres (23 ha) and included fruit-bearing orchards, a chicken ...
Greenwich Trust Bank – Located at 94-96 Greenwich Avenue, the Greenwich Trust Bank building was built in 1887 in the Queen Anne style. It has an asymmetrical and eccentric eave line. The building stands in contrast to its neighbor, an 1893 building that was altered in 1931 to have an Art Deco façade.
The Byram River flows from north to south through the community. According to the United States Census Bureau , Pemberwick has a total area of 0.693 square miles (1.79 km 2 ), of which 0.679 square miles (1.76 km 2 ) is land and 0.014 square miles (0.036 km 2 ), or 2.02%, is water.
Around 1854, Greenwich became a mission station of St. John's in Stamford. Visiting priests offered Mass in private homes or at the Town Hall. In 1860 a small church was erected on William Street. The parish was founded in 1874. [1] In 1875 Rev. M.A. Tierney added a choir gallery to the church. He later purchased land for a new church from ...