HISTORIC PROFILES

Historic properties in Greenwich, CT

Explore researched histories of properties that have been listed for sale or sold since October 2021.

16 historic profiles

33 Mead Avenue

33 Mead Avenue

Greenwich, CT 06807

Built 1835
The Cummings-Wilson House at 33 Mead Avenue in Cos Cob dates to 1835. William H. Mead had divided part of his farm into half-acre lots between two centers of maritime commerce on the Mianus River. This was the subdivision’s first house, and it remained alone on the street for more than twenty years. Its Greek Revival design includes…
Beds
4
Baths
4
Sq ft
3,492
Acres
0.3
1800–18491835Closed
35 Mead Avenue

35 Mead Avenue

Greenwich, CT 06807

Built 1855
35 Mead Avenue in Cos Cob was built around 1858 for Captain Robert Clark, who captained four packet boats carrying agricultural produce. Piano manufacturer Charles Betts later lived here. The Second Empire house has a mansard roof with gabled dormers and a wraparound porch. Its south-facing entrance originally looked toward River Road before subdivision changed the setting. Historical…
Beds
3
Baths
2.5
Sq ft
2,586
Acres
0.3
1850–18991855Closed
44 Northfield Street

44 Northfield Street

Greenwich, CT 06830

Built 1895
44 Northfield Street is a late-nineteenth-century house that contributes to Greenwich’s Fourth Ward Historic District. The surrounding neighborhood developed as a working-class community with a substantial Irish immigrant population, contrasting with the wealthy summer residences along the Post Road. Its Fourth Ward name recalled an immigrant neighborhood in lower Manhattan. Today, 44 Northfield remains a single-family residence with…
Beds
4
Baths
3.5
Sq ft
2,885
Acres
0.3
1850–18991895Closed
60 Binney Lane

60 Binney Lane

Greenwich, CT 06870

Built 1895
Crags, the house at 60 Binney Lane in Old Greenwich, dates to around the turn of the twentieth century. In 2022, the house had a covered front porch, a bedroom balcony, and a double set of bay windows in its living room, with views toward Long Island Sound. A demolition notice followed in July 2026. On October 14,…
Beds
4
Baths
4
Sq ft
3,394
Acres
0.3
1850–18991895Closed
30 Riversville Road

30 Riversville Road

Greenwich, CT 06831

Built 1900
30 Riversville Road stands beside the Byram River in Glenville. The house contributes to the Glenville Historic District, whose mills, civic buildings, shops, and dwellings reflect the development of a New England industrial village. Built in the early twentieth century, it belongs to the residential part of that setting. The property remains residential, with the Town of Greenwich…
Beds
3
Baths
2.5
Sq ft
1,710
Acres
0.4
1900–19241900Closed
14 Nawthorne Road

14 Nawthorne Road

Greenwich, CT 06870

Built 1908
The house at 14 Nawthorne Road in Old Greenwich dates to around 1908 and is classified as Victorian by the Town of Greenwich Assessor. Its exterior includes clapboard siding and a wraparound porch. Inside are high ceilings, wood floors, a dining-room bay window, and French doors. The single-family residence occupies a 0.26-acre lot, with a detached two-car garage…
Beds
6
Baths
3.5
Sq ft
3,811
Acres
0.3
1900–19241908Closed
86 Sherwood Place

86 Sherwood Place

Greenwich, CT 06830

Built 1912
86 Sherwood Place is an early-twentieth-century house and a contributing building in Greenwich’s Fourth Ward Historic District. The neighborhood developed as a center of moderate-income housing, with substantial residential growth between 1900 and 1917. In 1929–1930, this was the listed address of Rachel Osborne Hemphill, a 1914 graduate of the New York Training School for Deaconesses. The Diocese…
Beds
3
Baths
1
Sq ft
1,268
Acres
0.1
1900–19241912Closed
47 Lafayette Place, Unit 4F

47 Lafayette Place, Unit 4F

Greenwich, CT 06830

Built 1925
Unit 4F is a condominium in Greenwich Lodge, the six-story apartment building at 47 Lafayette Place. The mid-1920s development combined apartment living with elevator service in central Greenwich. In January 1926, S. W. Straus & Co. offered $400,000 in mortgage bonds for Greenwich Lodge Corporation. Plans called for 58 apartments, ranging from two to five rooms, served by…
Beds
3
Baths
2
Sq ft
1,637
Acres
—
1925–19491925Closed
47 Lafayette Place, Unit 5A

47 Lafayette Place, Unit 5A

Greenwich, CT 06830

Built 1925
Unit 5A at 47 Lafayette Place is part of Greenwich Lodge, a downtown apartment building dating to the mid-1920s. Designed by Edward D. Parmelee, the Lodge was part of the apartment-building development that brought substantial multifamily residences to central Greenwich. Its plan appeared in the 1926 book American Apartment Houses of Today, placing it within a national survey…
Beds
2
Baths
1.5
Sq ft
1,357
Acres
—
1925–19491925Closed
21 Sylvan Lane

21 Sylvan Lane

Greenwich, CT 06870

Built 1927
21 Sylvan Lane is a Colonial-style house in Old Greenwich, dated to 1927 by the Town of Greenwich Assessor. Set on a 0.61-acre lot, it has a white clapboard exterior and a slate roof. The living room connects through a Dutch door to a pergola-covered terrace. In 2017, the house was the home of attorney John D. Lobrano,…
Beds
7
Baths
5.5
Sq ft
4,564
Acres
0.6
1925–19491927Closed
4 Lafayette Court, Unit 1AA

4 Lafayette Court, Unit 1AA

Greenwich, CT 06830

Built 1928
Unit 1AA at 4 Lafayette Court belongs to Greenwich Chateau, historically known as Chateau Lafayette. The brick apartment building rises behind the lower shops along West Putnam Avenue. Patterned brickwork and Gothic-inspired details connect the taller residential block with its commercial frontage. The development replaced Weed’s Tavern, which had stood on Putnam Avenue since 1790 and was demolished…
Beds
1
Baths
1
Sq ft
625
Acres
—
1925–19491928Closed
4 Lafayette Court, Unit 5B

4 Lafayette Court, Unit 5B

Greenwich, CT 06830

Built 1928
Unit 5B is part of Greenwich Chateau, the brick apartment building at 4 Lafayette Court historically known as Chateau Lafayette. The taller residential block rises behind an attached, lower commercial frontage on West Putnam Avenue. Patterned brickwork and Gothic details link the two portions, which form a contributing complex in the Greenwich Avenue Historic District. The site has…
Beds
2
Baths
1
Sq ft
900
Acres
—
1925–19491928Closed
18 Meadowbank Road

18 Meadowbank Road

Greenwich, CT 06870

Built 1930
18 Meadowbank Road is a Colonial-style residence on a roughly quarter-acre parcel in Old Greenwich, on a private road off Shore Road. The Town of Greenwich Assessor dates the house to 1930. In 2023, the house had front and rear porches, a flagstone terrace, and a living room with a cathedral ceiling and fireplace. Its layout also included…
Beds
5
Baths
4
Sq ft
3,740
Acres
0.3
1925–19491930Closed
42 Mead Avenue

42 Mead Avenue

Greenwich, CT 06807

Built 1951
42 Mead Avenue is a Ranch house built in 1951 in Greenwich’s Cos Cob neighborhood. It is one of six houses constructed between 1949 and 1955 on the east side of Mead Avenue, between Weathervane Lane and River Road. The house is a non-contributing property within the River Road–Mead Avenue Historic District, whose historical period of significance runs…
Beds
3
Baths
2
Sq ft
1,833
Acres
0.2
1950 and later1951Closed
47 Lafayette Place, Unit 2A

47 Lafayette Place, Unit 2A

Greenwich, CT 06830

Built 1956
Unit 2A at 47 Lafayette Place is part of Greenwich Lodge, a Tudor-style apartment building with roots in the mid-1920s. Architect Edward D. Parmelee designed the Lodge after working on apartment developments in Larchmont, New York. Its plan appeared in the 1926 book American Apartment Houses of Today. The development was planned on a substantial scale. A January…
Beds
2
Baths
1.5
Sq ft
1,384
Acres
—
1950 and later1956Closed
47 Lafayette Place, Unit 5H

47 Lafayette Place, Unit 5H

Greenwich, CT 06830

Built 1956
Unit 5H is a condominium in Greenwich Lodge at 47 Lafayette Place, whose apartment-house history reaches back to the mid-1920s. Architect Edward D. Parmelee designed Greenwich Lodge after working on large apartment developments in Larchmont, New York. The building’s plan appeared in the 1926 book American Apartment Houses of Today, placing this Greenwich address within a contemporary collection…
Beds
2
Baths
2
Sq ft
1,087
Acres
—
1950 and later1956Closed

ABOUT THIS COLLECTION

A curated view of local history.

For now, this collection is limited to properties that have been listed for sale or sold since October 2021. It is not a complete inventory of older buildings or a statement of legal historic designation. The displayed Year Built is reported by SmartMLS and has not been independently verified. When reliable sources disagree, the property’s Historic Profile explains what is known.