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Future of 1735 Ferris Hill Road Home Concerns New Canaan Preservationists

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Local preservationists say they’re concerned for the future of an antique home in New Canaan that changed hands in November. The 1735 home at 8 Ferris Hill Road—or 441 Canoe Hill Road (same parcel)—sits on 2.14 acres that sold six months ago for $1.25 million, tax records show. Town officials say the new owner had pursued a special permit that would’ve allowed him to build a second house on the same property—but that the application since has been withdrawn. “We’re very concerned, we are anxious but we have no solution, because at the moment there are no ordinances to protect the house in this situation,” said Mimi Findlay, founding president of the New Canaan Preservation Alliance, a nonprofit organization. Renderings posted on real estate websites depict what would be a new, 7,700-square foot home on the property—and a note that the 1735 home could be used as a guest or pool house.

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New Construction to Double Size of Ca. 1900 Hoyt Street Home

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The town last week issued a building permit for a 4,000-square-foot house at 48 Hoyt Street, currently the site of a 1900 home less than half that size, tax records show. The .21-acre property was sold April 29 to Peter Grant, for $645,000. Building plans at Planning & Zoning—from Rowayton-based PB Architects—call for another $600,000 in construction (by Darien Construction) to create a 4-bedroom house with three full baths, one half-bath, a partially finished attack and 2-car attached garage. The current two-story home includes three bedrooms and one bath. It isn’t clear from site plans whether or how much of that original home would be preserved.

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1900 Colonial on Church Street Sells for $1,395,000

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Here are the most recently conveyed property transfers, according to records in the New Canaan Town Clerk’s office. Click on each address for information from the Assessor’s Office. 87 Heritage Hill Road and garage unit

$475,000 (recorded May 20)
Mark C. Rearick to Glenngary Fam LLC

372 Brushy Ridge Road

$2,825,000 (recorded May 20)
Eric E. Grant to Andrew & Miley Peake

73 Heritage Hill Road

$451,000 (recorded May 19)
Ira G. Greenberg to Nancy Reda

15 Church St. $1,395,000 (conveyed May 16)
James L. Nagle to Laura & Paul McGeary

151B Heritage Hill Road

$440,000 (recorded May 19)
Sharmaine Barone to Levon Tchakmakjian & Evelina Dragneva

418 Carter St. $1,350,000 (recorded May 19)
William Goetz to Richard Daniels III & Nancy Walton

10 Heather Drive

$4 million (conveyed May 16)
James D. Besaw to George & Ellen Kilavkoff

28 Benedict Hill Road

$1,150,000 (conveyed May 16)
Klaus E. Schroeder to Hilary S. Berger

384 Weed St. Lot 3, $1.9 million (recorded May 16)

Peter Thorner to Todd Holson

Lot 4, $1,562,500 (recorded May 16)

Jeffrey P. Ansell to Todd Holson

Lot 5, $1,562,500 (recorded May 16)

Robert H. Rogers to Sean & Natalie McPartland

25 Whiffle Tree Lane

$2,055,000 (recorded May 14)
Mark D. Litchman to Brian Bennhoff

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Elm Street Building (including Ralph Lauren Space) Sells for $7.6 Million

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Here are the most recently conveyed property transfers, according to records in the New Canaan Town Clerk’s office. Click on each address for information from the Assessor’s Office. The major item—the $7.6 million sale of 109-115 Elm St.—is a transfer from a Juneau, Alaska-based LLC to one that’s based in Stamford. The structure includes Ralph Lauren, Nails Hollywood, Nurenu, New Canaan Chiropractic, SwickPix LLC, James G. McKeon, Image Design Group, Alexander Capital Advisors and Tigurian Atlantic LLC, property records show.  

153 East Ave. $995,000 (recorded May 13)
Ann H. Lamont to Albert & Pamela Miller, trustees

427 Main St.

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11-Room Colonial Planned for Site of Late ‘New Canaan Legend’ Syd Greenberg’s Home

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The single-story, 6-room ranch at 75 Parade Hill Road that was razed last summer—for more than a half-century the home of a New Canaan legend, the late photographer Syd Greenberg—is to be replaced by an 11-room Colonial, according to site plans and a building permit application filed with the town. The new, 4,000-square-foot-plus home will include seven bedrooms and bathrooms, kitchen, family and dining rooms, an office and 2-car attached garage, according to the application, filed in August. The .22-acre lot sits opposite a series of duplexes on Parade Hill Road, a street whose residents recently petitioned the town to request traffic-calming measures (it’s a popular commercial vehicle cut-through between Routes 124 and 123). Greenberg, a New York City-born, celebrated World War II photographer—a tech sergeant in the 164th Signal Corps deployed in China who also was embedded with the Chinese National Army—passed in January 2012 at age 92. For decades he had served as the affable if unofficial photo-archivist for New Canaan, a longtime Justice of the Peace for whom the town gathered at a memorial service in the spring following his passing.