The Washington times., 1906-07-29
The Celebrated Greenwich Region.

To the s1u-heas, Of the great HoCk--
faller estates around Greenwich ia
Connecticut. ana New Rochelle IN
New York. on the north shore OF the
sound. there is another group ~ es-
tEres. the mosr Spectacular or which.
perhaps. IS that ~ T. g. Benedict.
The Presidents friend when tlrVe-
land was in the White House. The
present Benedict house az Indian Har-
h1r is directly ou tae sound. near
Greenwich. u cost s.. 5.a.nYa and is one
OF the s1owlesc places both inside and
cut. n ong the entire shore But when
Mr. Benedict was inning "a national
reputation Icy his cruises with the
President on the steam yacht Oneida.
the Benedict residence was frame
house standing well back from the
shore on the edge OF the village u
Greenwich.
II was there that Benedict and II. O.
Eavemayer, who owns am estate there.
had tbeir memorable falling out be-
cause the school house built for the
town bv Havemeyar shut Of part OF
BerediCt's view. Benedict demanded
that the school house be cut down by
one story, which H8vemeyer finally
agreed To-.
The estate 81 c. oliver Iselin, the
yachtsmau. is the largest near New
Rochelle. and that of II. NJ. Flaglor.
Standard oil man, gives distinction 10
Oriental Point The Iselins' estate
reaches out into the Sound. 50 that II
Is surrounded by water on three sides.
The fishermen of the Heighborhood
annoy the Isrllns dreadfulIv I'm carry
ing ON their nsh.ug but nothing can
be done 10 stop them. The IseIins
have put mp "a hish wall 90 shut out
objectionable sights and sounds. but
II doesn't help much
The estates Of Arson Phelps Stokes
and the late William ZiegIer. the bak-
ing powder man who sent a polar eN-
petition north few years ago, adoru
the Sound shore at Noroton. Ztegler
spent S3.Op0. 0Oo on his place
West of the Hudson and north OF the
diagonal boundary line between New
York and New Jersey in the Ramapo
Hills, Thomas r. Ryan, insurance.
rapid transit and tobacco Croesus, has
an estate of .00o acres. which has been
christened Montebello whore the fam
fly, Of the Roman Catholic faith. wor-
ships IA "a private chapel in charge OF
a private chaplain OH the estate
F. H. Hartman. Che ministers son
who now controls the Southern Pacific
railroad and is performing pTodigies
I'm helping put san Francisco on its
feet, is getting toeether near Tuxedo.
a; Arden. i'm Orange county. an enor-
nous estate. II probably covers 2O,0)o
acres. most Of which is mountain ter
ritrr-. though he has 200 or 500 acres
of h.,hly fertile farm land u Is sup
posed TO be his ambition 10 own tho
largest country estate IN America
eventually. There he hrs hi= trotting
track. his skating ponds and every
facility for outdoor amusement YOU
"a I'll could imagine, and there he is
now building "A house on a hill with q
wonderful view 10 the west. at a cost
Of million or more
The Tuxedo Park places are hardly
to he termed country estates, but the
park. as a whole. is rnt 20 be left out
OF account ia this st,*y. II is several
miles square; Il was touaded by the
first Pierre L0rillard. AID il has been
a factor OF Importance IN the growth
OF the movement away from town
among the millionalres Of New York
IL is distinctive in that most Of IS