victorian summer: the historic houses of belle haven park, greenwich, connecticut

At the height of the Gilded Age, America’s wealthiest families began to build luxurious summer ‘cottages’ away from the grit and grime of New York, Boston,and Philadelphia in idyllic locales such as, Newport, Southampton, Tuxedo Park, and Lenox. Another place the new American aristocracy settled was inthe peninsula of Belle Haven, Connecticut. The New York Times called it, “the ower garden of Greenwich, and, indeed, of the whole Connecticut shore. Victorian Summer: The Architecture of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut, focuses on the rst great owering of Belle Haven, from 1884—1929. A period where the Gilded Age’s most renowned architects designed masterpieces in many various styles all for the movers and shakers of the day. Each tells the story of a house, an architect, and the predominant owner. While some of these houses are, sadly, gone or unrecognizably changed, this book does the job of visually preserving them to their original glory.