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Rogers Island is one of the Thimble Islands off Stony Creek, a section of Branford, Connecticut.Also known as Yon Comis Island, Rogers bears a 27-room Tudor mansion, with tennis and basketball courts and a caretaker's residence on a 7.75-acre (31,400 m 2) estate valued at $15.41 million.
The Riverside Yacht Club was founded in 1888 by George I. Tyson, a prominent and wealthy summer resident of Riverside, CT, and the owner of the yacht Nirvana. [2] [3] Using his own money and waterfront property, Tyson built the original Victorian-style clubhouse in 1889 on the eastern shore of Cos Cob Harbor near the entrance of the Mianus River.
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 ...
By 2007, a private buyer, Christine Svenningsen, had purchased ten of the islands, including Rogers Island. Over the years some have been listed for sale, including Wheelers Island, Belden Island and Jepson Island. [2] Belden Island was sold for $1.25 million by 2021, [3] whereas Jepson Island was sold for just $715,000 by 2020. [4]
Coastal Connecticut, often called the Connecticut Shore or the Connecticut Shoreline, comprises all of Connecticut's southern border along Long Island Sound, from Greenwich in the west to Stonington in the east, as well as the tidal portions of the Housatonic River, Quinnipiac River, Connecticut River, and Thames River.
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