Putnam Cottage (Knapp Tavern), Greenwich

Putnam Cottage (Knapp Tavern), Greenwich

The town of Greenwich, located in Fairfield County, is at the southernmost and westernmost tip of Connecticut—between Stamford and New York City. In 1640, founding families purchased the land in the area now known as Old Greenwich from Native Americans for twenty-five coats. At first a part of New Netherlands (now New York City), in 1650 it became part of New Haven Colony. Greenwich became a separate township in 1655. Today Greenwich is an affluent suburb with many distinct neighborhoods, including Round Hill, which, at 550 feet above Long Island Sound, was a lookout point for the Continental army during the American Revolution.

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Websites

The Greenwich Historical Society. “Library and Archives,” 2016. Link.
Greenwich Historical Society. “Online Exhibit: Greenwich Faces the Great War,” 2016. Link.

Places

“Bruce Museum,” 2016. Link.
Greenwich Historical Society. “Bush-Holley House,” 2017. Link.
“General Israel Putnam Cottage (Knapp’s Tavern),” 2016. Link.
“Greenwich Historical Society,” 2017. Link.

Documents

Greenwich Historical Society. “Digital Collections,” 2016. Link.
Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. “Greenwich - WPA Architectural Survey,” 2016. Link.
“Greenwich Collection.” Connecticut Digital Archive, n.d. Link.

Books

Jewell, Karen. A History of the Greenwich Waterfront: Tod’s Point, Great Captain Island and the Greenwich Shoreline. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2011.
Mead, Daniel. A History of the Town of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., with Many Important Statistics. New York: Baker & Godwin  Printers, 1857. Link.
Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, and Rachel Carley. Building Greenwich: Architecture and Design, 1640 to the Present. Greenwich,  CT: Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, 2005.
McCain, Diana. Connecticut Coast: A Town-by-Town Illustrated History. Guilford,  CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2009.
Clark, William. Greenwich. Chicago,  IL: Arcadia, 2002.
Atwan, Robert. Greenwich: An Illustrated History: A Celebration of 350 Years. Greenwich,  CT: Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, 1990.
Hurd, D. Hamilton, ed. History of Fairfield County, Connecticut with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Company, 1881. Link.
Junior League of Greenwich, Connecticut. The Great Estates, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1880-1930. Canaan,  NH: Junior League of Greenwich Connecticut, 1986.