Articles of interest in Riverside, Connecticut
Wincoma is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York on the westernmost headland of East Neck on the North Shore of Long Island. The hamlet survives within the Village of Huntington Bay in the Town of Huntington. Wincoma was an estate-heavy enclave and m…
Wilson House is one of the oldest houses in Oyster Bay, New York, still standing on its original site. The house dates back to the 1750s, and is an example of saltbox architecture. This refers to houses, often south-facing, with sloping rear section…
Wightman Memorial Baptist Church in Oyster Bay, New York, was first built in 1908. It is the third building on this site. The first Baptist congregation met in Oyster Bay as early as 1700, and Oyster Bay received its first ordained minister in 1724.…
WSLX (91.9 FM) is a non-commercial high school radio station licensed to serve New Canaan, Connecticut. The station is owned by St. Luke's School in the same town and licensed to the St. Luke's Foundation, Inc.
The Whippoorwill Club is a private country club facility near Armonk, New York. In 2010 GOLFWEEK magazine ranked the Whippoorwill golf course as the 73rd best classic course in the United States. The club is not just a golf course and there are a fe…
St. Paul's Methodist Church is a small Methodist church building built on Orchard Street, Oyster Bay, New York in 1858 and now occupied by the North Shore Community Church. In 1895, Joseph B. Wright bought the building from them and continued his bu…
St. Aloysius school is a diocesan, Catholic school. Its address is 33 South Avenue New Canaan, Connecticut 06840. St. Aloysius was founded in 1957. It offers grades kindergarten to eight. The school day is six hours long, beginning at 8:20 and endin…
Spring Hill is a section of Norwalk, Connecticut named after the hill on which most of the neighborhood sits. The neighborhood is located west of the Central section of Norwalk, across U.S. Route 7 and north of Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1. Norwal…
The Port Washington Tennis Academy, located in Long Island, New York, is the largest indoor tennis facility on the U.S. East Coast, with 17 indoor courts. Founded in 1966 as a non-profit tennis facility, it has an internationally acclaimed junior te…
The Octagon Hotel, built as the Nassau House by Luther Jackson in 1851, was a pre-eminent political and social meeting space in Oyster Bay, New York. This eight-sided building is also believed to be among only a few like it on Long Island and perhap…
The Noroton Heights Fire Department, or the NHFD is one of three all-volunteer fire departments serving the town of Darien, Connecticut. Each volunteer fire departments serve a specific geographic region within the town, as well as combining service…
Moore's Building is a historic building located in the downtown area of the Hamlet of Oyster Bay and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. First built in 1901, the building gained significance when Theodore Roosevelt had his staff take…
Mill Hill Historic Park in Norwalk, Connecticut is a living history museum composed of three buildings: the circa 1740 Governor Thomas Fitch IV "law office", the circa 1826 Downtown District Schoolhouse, and the 1835 Norwalk Town Hall; as well as a …
Kensico Cemetery was a station on the Harlem Line of the Metro-North Railroad which served the large cemetery of the same name which the line runs through. Located along the platform behind the buildings at Sharon Gardens, the station was similar to…
Kayak for a Cause was a non-profit kayaking fundraiser that took place from 2001 to 2012 on Long Island Sound on the eastern coast of the United States. A group of several-hundred kayakers would cross the Sound from Norwalk, Connecticut to the north…
The Indian Harbor Yacht Club is a U.S. boating organization, based at 710 Steamboat Road in Greenwich, CT, with access to Long Island Sound.
Hood African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in 1848 is an historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion church located in Oyster Bay, New York. It holds the distinction of being the oldest continuous congregation holding services in its origina…
Hindley School is one of five public elementary schools in Darien, Connecticut, serving about 550 pupils from kindergarten through Grade 5. A part of Darien Public Schools, Hindley sits at 10 Nearwater Lane (at the intersection of Nearwater Lane and…
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