GREENWICH— AN IDEAL TOWN FOR RESIDENCE 



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4> GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT, 



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The Edition de Luxe 

 of Connecticut Towns 



(AIho see previous page) 



The Most Successful Attempt of Nature and Man to Produce an Ideal Place for a '•Home Near to Nature" 



Here are good roads, palat'al residences, comfortable cottages, beautiful scenery, millionaire-play farm- 

 ing, and make your living [arming as primitive as in the d i.vs of our ancestors— even with the patient. 

 picturesque oxen Here are -rounds. th« ideal of the landscape garde' it, and only a feu- rods away forests 

 and fields as wild as in the days of the Indian. For anything and everything, come to Greenwich. 



(> s.— Do not forget that Sound Heach is within the town. That is Greenwich's best claim for excellence. 





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THE GREENWICH TRUST COMPANY 



GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT 



Robert Jay Walsh, President A. W. 



Walter B. Todd, Treas. 



W. Marshall, Vice Pres. and Secy. Alfred A. Hundle, Vice Pres r 



L. H. Allcorn, Trust Officer. 



Experience 23 years. Resources $2,040,034.86. 



Capital $100,000. Surplus (earned) $200,000 



The merit of a bank lies in its strength and in the application of its strength for the benefit of its depositors and the- 

 commuuity. The resources and experience of this bank, plus equipment, plus the effort of officials and employees, provide- 

 the best service. These standards decide the desirability of what we offer our depositors. 



Nathaniel A. 



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Knapp 

 Elbert Mills 



Webster Haight 



TRUSTEES. 



Seaman Mead 



Whitman S. Mead 



Robert Jay Walsh 



John D. 



Barrett 

 E. L. Scofield 

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H. Lockwood 



Greenwich Directory 



The Jaynes Hardware Co. 



HARDWARE 



Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Etc. 



Telephone 908 

 Cor. Railroad and Greenwich Aves. 



The Shepard Drug Co. 



PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS 



Cor. Greenwich and Railroad Aves. 

 Telephone 865 



Greenwich, Conn. 



150 ACRES 



Beautiful Inland and Sound View. 



Quarry of Excellent Stone. 



Abundance of Sand. 



Very Desirable for Gentleman's Estate. 

 Apply to 



N. B. McKINNEY 



Smith Building 

 GREENWICH CONNECTICUT 



The Story of Success Park. 



Success Park is the name given to a 

 small portion of lawn at the corner of 

 Mason Street and Putnam Avenue in 

 Greenwich, Connecticut, by its origin- 

 ator, the present Superintendent of The 

 Boys' Club. It dates back to February 

 12th, Lincoln's birthday, of 1910, when 

 the corner stone was laid for the foun- 

 dation of the first building to be erect- 

 ed in the park. The stone is hollow 

 and contains a 1910 Lincoln penny and 

 the names of the twelve boys who built 

 the house. The instructor's intention 

 was that boys should be taught prac- 

 tical work of many kinds in a practical 

 way, and at the same time should be 

 earning something to make the work 

 more attractive. The little dwelling 

 house was planned in the usual way, 

 and the boys learned to read a plan 

 and to build to a scale of two inches 

 to one foot. All the materials used are 

 made to that scale and everything was 

 done precisely as in a larger house. It 

 was built on the third floor of the club 

 house in three sections. Open fire- 

 places, sanitary plumbing and com- 

 plete furnishings were intended but 



