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These districts and properties are locally designated and enjoy a high degree of protection. Once designated, no alterations can be made to the exterior without first applying for a “Certificate of Appropriateness” from the Historic District Commission. There are two Local Historic Districts in Greenwich, Strickland Road Historic District at Strickland Road and Mill Pond Court in Cos Cob (established in 1975), and the Round Hill Historic District located at the intersection of Round Hill Road and John Street (established in 1988), and two local historic properties, 29 Taconic Road and 640 Round Hill Road. Round Hill Historic District
The Round Hill Historic District, located at the intersection of John Street and Round Hill Road, which are among the first roads to have been laid out in the ‘back country”. Today, the roads are important arteries to the town and include a number of important buildings of historic and/or architectural merit. The district was settled in the first half of the 18th century and is a clearly defined area of 7.25 acres. The Round Hill Historic District, located at the intersection of John Street and Round Hill Road, which are among the first roads to have been laid out in the ‘back country”. Today, the roads are important arteries to the town and include a number of important buildings of historic and/or architectural merit. The district was settled in the first half of the 18th century and is a clearly defined area of 7.25 acres. The district was part of the farming community which is known to have existed in the North West of Greenwich around 1725. A school district was established in the area in 1750. The district constitutes a small group of buildings, in a compatible setting, which taken as a whole expresses modes of living of earlier periods. In the 18th century, the area was an important producer of potatoes and fruit (apples particularly) which were then transported to the principal Greenwich harbors (Mianus, Cos Cob, Rocky Neck) for transshipment to New York. This district complements the town’s other local historic district by offering a reference to the area which grew the produce (Round Hill Road/John Street) to the commercial district from which it was shipped to New York (Strickland Road Historic District). Strickland Road Historic District
The Strickland Road Historic District is a small residential area in the Cos Cob section of the town of Greenwich. Located between the Boston Post Road (U.S. Route 1) on the north and Interstate 95 on the south, the majority of residences are on Strickland Road with a few related properties on the adjacent Loughlin Avenue. Strickland Road was laid out from the Post Road to Cos Cob Harbor at least by the early 18th century. The path and width of this road to the Lower Landing, as the area was called at that time, has not changed. In the 18th and 19th century, community activity centered around the Strickland Road area. The first school dates from 1756. A shipyard was built there in 1848. Schooners and sloops moved flour, potatoes and other produce to New York. The group of houses within the district visually expresses modes of living representative of the early American and Victorian periods. One structure, 39 Strickland Road, was known in 1890 as the Holley Inn and was a favorite summering place for writers, artists and publishers and became part of the country’s cultural history. Historic PropertiesTHE JEREMIAH MEAD HOUSE The Jeremiah Mead House is a long rambling 2½-story structure built in several stages. The central section is the oldest, built in 1751. The front room is in the most original condition, featuring original floors, hand-hewn beams, hand-made latches, wrought-iron nails, and the original fireplace. The paneling was made of wood from a mill which formerly stood on the property. The attic features several old beams and rafters which are pegged. The northern section was probably built in the nineteenth century, but the fireplace mantel, paneling, and doors of the dining room were originally part of an earlier house in Torrington, Connecticut. The multi-winged southern section, including the present main entrance, was built in 1929. THE CHARLES GREEN HOUSE, c.1742 In March of 1741 Charles Green bought 28 acres of land on the state line. The property was re-surveyed with a house on it in 1770. The large hand hewn beams and posts point to the earliest date possible. Among the noteworthy architectural features of your property these are particularly significant: House In the S.E. room, which was the original house, corner posts and beams are original, and chamfer on one corner post in indicative of period. In the S.E. room on the second floor, new glass and frames have been put in old eyebrow windows. In the N.E. room on the second floor, dormers have been added, but under plaster, rafters have original bark. The addition to this house came from a house moved from Plainfield, CT. which was built in 1680. This part reflects the British influence—there is a summer beam. The posts, floor boards and paneling are original and beautiful. One panel measures 28 inches. Doors, hinges and windows in the center section of the house are from an inn moved from the Mianus River. The basement has the original beams and floors.
Barn This is also original with beautiful posts, pegged beams and wide beam floors. There is no ridge pole.
Pool House
This was originally a stone ice house.
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