Connecticut
$7.7M Hartland's Castle in Connecticut, a Getaway for the Rich and Famous During the Roaring '20s
Hartland’s Castle, an iconic mansion by the sea in Old Saybrook, CT, is on the market for $7,749,000. It comes with a fascinating history.
The 11-bedroom chateau with 15,000 square feet of living space was built in 1908 for an American heiress and her husband.
“It was built for George Watson Beach and his wife, Elizabeth Colt Jarvis Beach, with aspirations to be the equal of the Newport summer cottages,” says listing agent Chuck Haller. “The 40-room home was designed by Alfredo S.G. Taylor in English Tudor Revival style.”
Elizabeth, the niece of gun manufacturer Samuel Colt, and her husband already owned hundreds of acres in the area, as well as a home in Hartford. Their beach house was completed in just two years and was said to include a clock tower that chimed every half-hour to the tune of “Don’t Say Goodbye, Say Au Revoir.”
In 1923, Otto Lindbergh, uncle of aviator Charles Lindbergh, purchased the castle for $75,000 and turned it into a hotel for the rich and famous. Guests included big names like Howard Hughes, Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Frank Sinatra, and Doris Day, among others.
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Over the years, the property changed hands several times. The current owner, Maria Rand, picked it up in 2007 for just over $2 million.
The property was renovated and turned back into a private residence. Original details include 11 fireplaces; a three-story, hand-carved cherry staircase; and a gentleman’s smoking room.
“The home includes a turret with a sitting area on top, a media room, an infinity-edge pool, and an elevator,” Haller says. “A two-car garage with a one-bedroom apartment was also added.”
The town is a popular summer destination, Haller says. “Old Saybrook is a seashore town. There are beaches, parks, and marinas, and the main street offers unique shopping and dining opportunities.”
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LYME — A body was recovered from the Connecticut River on Saturday, according to officials from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
At about 1 p.m., a vessel on the river reported seeing a body in the area of the Chester-Lyme Ferry, DEEP said.
The Environmental Conservation Police, along with the Connecticut State Police Major Crimes Unit and Lyme and Cheshire fire departments, responded to the area and recovered the body, DEEP said. The body has been sent to the state chief medical examiner, DEEP said.
Bill Flood, a media relations manager for DEEP, said the body was identified as a male and appeared to have been in the water for an extended period of time.
The medical examiner will determine the manner of death and EnCon is investigating, Flood said, noting there is no believed threat to the public.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Even as a born-and-raised New Yorker, I have a relatively open mind when it comes to pizza. When I’m out on the road, I’ll eat at any pizzeria as long as I can see the oven from the counter and buy pizza by the slice. However, the idea of any place outside the Big Apple proclaiming itself “the Pizza Capital of the United States” is just sacrilege. Connecticut doubled down on its ludicrous claim last weekend by approving the rollout of a special “Pizza State” license plate. This is the worst affront to the craft since Chicagoans started shilling their crust-bowl casserole as pizza.
Connecticut Foodshare
Let’s actually take a look at this license plate. One peek, we all know the rules. “The Pizza State” plate features a similar blue-to-white gradient as on the standard Connecticut license plate. The aforementioned self-proclaimed moniker replaces the state’s official nickname, “The Constitution State,” beneath the plate number. To the right of the number is an image of a pizza slice ripped straight from Microsoft’s ClipArt library. It’s a flat image that looks nothing like what’s served in New Haven. Connecticut drivers will be able to pick up a “Pizza State” plate for $65.
This is a pizza war for good
The only undisputedly good aspect of the “Pizza State” license plate is that its introduction will help feed Connecticut’s hungry. According to CT Insider, the $28.6 billion budget bill approved by the Connecticut General Assembly last weekend, which authorized the plate, also directly appropriated funding to Connecticut Foodshare. The sitewide food bank will also receive $50 from each $65 license plate fee, as it continues to provide millions of free meals to food-insecure people.
Back to the pizza debate at the heart of the matter. Governor Ned Lamont declared Connecticut the country’s pizza capital back in 2024 as part of a marketing campaign to promote the state. That declaration could have grounds for war in a different century, but individual states apparently don’t fight wars against each other anymore. Connecticut had better go back to being a UConn Husky-obsessed suburb before New York makes Greenwich the next Toledo.
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