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New Canaan Now & Then: The Valentine Estate
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‘New Canaan Now & Then’ is sponsored by Brown Harris Stevens Realtors Joanne Santulli, Karen Ceraso, Bettina Hegel and Schuyler Morris. The LeeFair Condominiums on South Avenue have an interesting history. The original home, which was often referred to as “The Valentine Estate,” was built for Luciano Fabbricotti and his wife, Sarah Frances Moller Fabbricotti.
Ms. Fabbricotti, born on November 15, 1861, was the daughter of John “The Commodore” Moller and Louise Moller. John Moller was born in 1837 and died in 1923 in New Rochelle, N.Y. He was in the sugar industry. Luciano Fabbricotti was born in 1861 to Otavian and Adele Fabbricotti. The Fabbricotti family controlled the Cerrera marble industry in Italy.