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| ENTRANCE FRONT MRS. FREDERIC G. ACHELIS GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT 1919 |
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| EAST FRONT MRS. FREDERIC G. ACHELIS GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT 1919 |
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| Entrance Front - 2007 |
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| 2007 |
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| East Front - 2007 |
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| Backyard - 2007 |
The property was sold in 2007 for $13,2000,000 and demolished sometime after that.(The music room might have been the reason) The gatehouse can be seen at Google Street View. Click HERE for a range of dates starting from 1934 through 2006 showing surrounding countryside. The most dramatic change can be seen at Google Earths' historical imagery - past 2007 - POOF - GONE. BING still has the house standing.
If anyone has further insight into this property - details would be appreciated. I can't find any information on news of its condition or any protests prior to demolition.
ReplyDeleteYour chance to tour the great houses of Connecticut June 5, 2013.
ReplyDeleteVery maddening. Why buy a wonderful, srchitecturally interesting home on a large estate parcel only to demolish it and build your sprawling mega-mansion in the former open field? BUY some vacant land somwewhere else for God's sake! But at the very least with 12 acres there was more than enough room for both homes to survive. Probably deferred maintenance (ivy enshrouded walls) and the modified interiors (blue painted music room panelling) sealed its fate. Interest in restorationa and preservation has fallen off the cliff over the past few years. NYarch
ReplyDeleteDoesn't a town like Greenwich have preservation laws?? These days most towns of its stature have a very strict preservation ordinances that protect architecture by noted architects of the 20th century --Baffling!
ReplyDeleteAny chance that the Greenwich Historical Society would have any insight? General questions can be directed to: admin(at)greenwichhistory.org
ReplyDeleteThe Greenwich real estate tax record inquiries oddly are available only via phone.
While likely a pipe dream of mine, it would be rather nice if the buyer had allowed for one last photographic survey of the place before having it razed. Even if it had been almost ready to fall down (the 2007 images appear otherwise) it at least would provide a valuable historical record.
Judge Judy bought the property and put up the boring new house.
ReplyDeleteThat is disappointing to know, I used to like Judge Judy. Was the place in demolition shape or did it nor suit her stylistic tastes(or lack of)? Was there any local protests?
ReplyDeleteAh, the ownership - and destruction crew disclosed. Thanks Anon. From one of the the Greenwich papers:
ReplyDeletehttp://greenwich.patch.com/articles/greenwich-tax-rolls-grow-to-30-8-billion#photo-9065085
"Television's "Judge Judy" Sheindlin's Round Hill Road estate of 12.5 acres is among the top 20 properties with an assessment of $20.9 million. Technically, the land owner is listed as QSS LLC c/o Judith Sheindlin." Accompanying photo confirms this was the former HT Lindeberg designed estate.
A more detailed photo of the replacement mansion (ick!):
http://www.aerialaesthetics.com/reagallery2/pages/080619-5040clh.htm
As cited by another its disappointing that raw land wasn't sourced vs. razing such an historic property.