Greenwich Point Park overlooking the Long Island Sound. |
The park contains ruins of a 37 room mansion built by J. Kennedy Tod in 1887. |
Old mansion “Innes Arden” entrance steps. |
Memorial boulder honoring the owner. Steps leading up to the Secret Gardens. |
One of the old out buildings: the wagon house. |
Ancient trees grow on Tod's Driftway. |
Beautiful curved road surrounds a lake. |
Grasses grow and protect the salt marshes. |
Trails weave along the coastline, woods, marshes, and gardens. |
The Sinoway Indians called the area “Monakewago” (shining sands). |
The original land was purchased from the Siwanoy Indians in 1640. http://www.friendsofgreenwichpoint.org |