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THE LAND AND THE HOME 



THE GUIDE TO NATURE circulates extensively in the "homes near to na- 

 ture" of the Long 1 Island coast towns — especially Stamford, Greenwich and 

 Norwalk — and in the surrounding suburbs and country. The magazine is 

 thereby an effective advertising medium for business houses in these coast 

 towns. 



This business patronage is especially helpful and appreciated in building 

 up the Nature Institution. Arcadia is open to the public on visiting hours 

 two days a week, maintains a summer school composed chiefly of summer 

 visitors and permanent residents, and at all times freely gives information 

 on nature topics. 



STAMFORD 



Harry L. Collom, who has been liv- 

 ing in a house owned by Mrs. J. H. 

 Powell, on Adams Ave., the past two 

 years, has purchased a building lot 

 from Dr. T. V. Ketcham at Shippan, 

 and expects to erect a fine dwelling 

 house there in the spring. 



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The handsome bungalow being built 

 on Hubbard Ave., by C. Y. Wilson, 

 is nearing completion, and will add 

 much to the collection of handsome 

 residences which have been built-in this 

 section of Stamford during the past 

 five years. This is one of the finest 

 residential sections of Stamford, and 

 the property around is being developed 

 towards that end. Just below the brow 

 of this part of Hubbards Hill, is Hill- 

 side Park, in which Clinton R. Fisher, 

 teller of the Stamford Trust Co., and 

 Charles A. Miller of the Yale and 

 Towne Manufacturing Co., have re- 

 cently erected up-to-date homes, and 

 are living there with their families. 

 There is plenty of room for other such 

 houses, and it is expected that in the 

 spring quite a building boom will be 

 started. 



The McKensie Property. 



Building lots are being rapidly sold 

 in that tract of land situated on Wash- 

 ington Ave., and known as "The Mc- 

 Kensie property." 



About sixty years this section of land 

 was owned by the late Nathaniel E. 

 Adams, who sold it to Charles O'Hara, 

 a New York merchant. Mr. O'Hara 

 built the large white brick house now 

 standing on a knoll in the center of 

 the lot. 



Later the property was sold to Alex- 

 ander McKensie of New York. He 

 beautified the grounds by digging out 

 and draining a portion of them, and 

 he also made an artificial lake, erected 

 a boat and summer house. There are 

 many in Stamford today who can re- 

 member as far back as thirty years 

 ago, the weeping willow which shaded 

 the south bank of the picturesnue little 

 lake, and the statuary, as well as the 

 two stately swans which floated on the 

 surface of the lake. A waterwheel 

 turned beneath the boathouse, and a 

 fountain played from the center. 



Mr. and Mrs. McKensie passed away. 

 The property fell into other hands. The 

 lake has been filled in. Some half 

 dozen houses have been erected, where 

 the swans floated. The old house still 

 stands there, and is well preserved, 

 but the present owner is thinking of 

 moving it to make room for smaller 

 houses of a more modern style. 



Two streets have been cut through 

 the property, namely, Renwick Street, 

 and Vernon Place. 



For several years Albert D. Down- 

 ing lived in one of the first built houses 

 on Vernon Place. Last summer he 



