In October 1899 a brand new road opened in Manchester Village. It extended west from Main Street (across from the entrance to the Ekwanok Country Club) up to Prospect Street. Summer visitors, who over the previous five decades had been catered to for as much as a month at local hotels, suddenly had the opportunity to purchase a fine country home with ample space for the whole family, along with servants and guests.Join Architect Bill Badger and MHS Curator Judy Harwood on Wednesday, July 15, for this walk into last century's history along Taconic Avenue. The tour leaders will reveal the character and tales of the titled “cottages” of this distinctive Village enclave -- among them Bide-a-Wee, The Gables, and Edgewood.
Please park behind the First Congregational Church and join the walk at the foot of Taconic Avenue at 7 p.m. For information, call Judy Harwood, 362-3708 or send an e-mail to manchesterhistoricalsociety@gmail.com.
