Crajah House

New Canaan Now & Then: The Crajah House

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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 Crajah House at 757 Oenoke Ridge Road was named after the owners Charles Riley Abbot and Jane Anne Humphrey. The “CRA” for Charles and the “JAH” for Jane. 

It was built beginning in 1886 and completed in 1887. A marble plaque still exists in the basement inscribed CRA-JAH HOUSE. The paddocks and gardens were added at a later date and the current barns were built in 1951, according to the land records. 

The superintendent’s cottage, which was the original home on the property and known as the Betts Bagley House, was built between 1729 and 1733 by John Betts.

Around Town

Did You Hear … ?

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Planning officials on Tuesday night approved the site plan for a proposed new Post Office on Locust Avenue. Following concerns about traffic circulation around the proposed structure at 18-26 Locust Ave., the applicant updated the site plan so that one-way traffic comes in from the east side of the building and goes out on the west side. Conditions of the Planning & Zoning Commission’s approval include changes to lighting in front of the proposed building and looking into ways to create more parking spaces than the 27 currently approved (some nine of which would serve Post Office customers, officials say). It isn’t clear just when construction would start on a new building—the Post Office has sent a 10-year lease to the project’s developer that now is under review. ***

Congratulations to NCHS trainer Diane Murphy on being recognized by the Connecticut Athletic Trainers Association as “Secondary School Athletic Trainer of the Year” 2015.