Going, going, gone

116 Pecksland Road, built in 1792, is headed for the dumpster.

This isn’t news: when we reported its sale for $1,700,880 back in October — via a bidding war, no less, we predicted that, this time, it wouldn't avoid the dumpster, and a reader confirmed that there was already a “Notice of Demolition” sign posted on the property.

Before this trip on the market, it spent 1,115 days from 2015 to June, 2017 before selling for $1.920. Those buyers kept it as is, but its days were numbered.

There is little left of the original house, which was used as a creamery back at some point in it history, but I’ve long wondered why Greenwich has so little regard for its historic houses, while other towns to the east and north: Bedford, Westport, Fairfield, even Stamford, for heaven’s sake, have kept at least some of their original inventory. Which is curious, but it’s not new: even as long ago as 1960, this town, settled before those other towns, in 1640, had few 18th and mid-19th Century homes remaining. And far less today, of course.