A POINT IN TIME five coates.” The peninsula was renamed, “Elizabeth’s Neck,” in honor of Elizabeth Feake. In 1730, the Ferris family purchased the property. They, like others in the area, farmed for produce such as asparagus, celery, potatoes, and strawberries. And like the Siwanoys, residents turned to the sea for oysters and scallops. By 1884, the land had proved itself—in terms of its vistas, as well as vitality. J. Kennedy Tod, a banker from New York, started the three-year process of purchasing the property. In 1887, he called it “Tod’s Point,” and commenced constructing his estate, Innis Arden. The renovation
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THE COUNTRY CLUB is a term that’s near synonymous with Greenwich, Connecticut—where they exist with all of the exclusivity one would expect. And then there’s Greenwich Point. Tennis whites or not, everyone’s encouraged to visit. The park, which is owned by the town, extends from Shore Road to the Long Island Sound. The Siwanoys knew it as Monakewego (or “shining sands”), and used the land for fishing. But on July 18, 1640, captain Daniel Patrick and Robert and Elizabeth Feake bought “ye neck by ye Indians called Monakewego”—as well as the area of Old Greenwich (then, “Old Town”)—for “twentie-
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BY ELIZABETH QUINN BROWN