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named Richards, who had a shipyard on that site.Ownership of the house passed through the female line from Seeley to Dibble to Pinkney. The Rowayton Historical Society, which leases the house from the Sixth Taxing District, hopes to furnish the house as a local farm home of the period of 1850-1900. the years that Rowayton flourished as an oyster fishing village. In keeping with this idea, the laundry shed has a large display of oystering tools and photographs. The barn was opened this summer with a collection of farm implements and tools.The furniture displayed is not originally from the house. Much of it is of local origin and significance, from the estate of Maud Rider Olmstead. one of Norwalk’s oldest families.The barn belonging to the property burned in 1971. and the one standing there now is an example of the local care that has preserved this place. A barn was brought to Rowayton from Norfolk. Conn., in 1974, in pieces. It took 10 years for it to be reassembled by volunteers, and was dedi- the families who lived in it, and Contact the Rowayton Historicalcated in 1984. even a possible resident ghost. The Society, 177 Rowayton Avenue,The house has many stories of house is open by appointment only. Norwalk 06853.
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Norwalk News
Norwalk, Connecticut, US
Thu, Sep 26, 1991
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