Nearly a full year after beloved New Canaanite Thomas Paul Sirico passed, new construction is planned for the 1.04-acre property where he himself built a home for his family in 1953.
Tom Sirico stands near the foundation of the home he built for his family in the early-1950s up on Brushy Ridge Road. Sirico, a beloved local man, passed away one year ago. New construction is planned for the site.
Born April 17, 1922 right on Hoyt Street in New Canaan, Sirico was one of the town’s standout members of “The Greatest Generation”—he lived through the Great Depression, excelled as a three-sport athlete at New Canaan High School (class of ’42), signed up with the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific campaign of World War II, returned to New Canaan to marry, work hard to build a local business and start a family, eventually earning a special place in the Old Timers Association and in the morning crew at Dunkin Donuts on Elm Street.
New construction planned for 192 Brushy Ridge Road, New Canaan. Designs for the 5-bedroom, 5,300-square-foot home by Riverside Design & Build LLC.
He lived in the three-bedroom ranch that he built up on Brushy Ridge for decades, surviving his beloved wife, Antoinette, before passing on Oct. 27, 2013 at age 91.
According to a building permit planned for 192 Brushy Ridge Road, the new home will include 5,300 square feet of living space—more than double Sirico’s original structure—with five bedrooms, five full baths, an unfinished attic and basement, 3-car attached garage, back porch and side patio. It will cost about $888,000 to build, according to the application.
Tom Sirico was a standout 3-sport athlete at New Canaan High School, and president of his class from “junior high” straight through his senior year. Credit: Michael Dinan
The contractor on the job is Riverside 192 LLC and architect is Riverside Design & Build LLC. No application has yet come in for the ranch that Sirico built back around 1953. He purchased the property a handful of years after World War II. Sirico had entered as a second-class petty officer and served as gun captain of a 3-inch 50 in Saipan, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Okinawa among other areas.