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3 unusual facts about New Canaan


Arthur K. Watson

Arthur K. Watson died as a result of a fall on July 26, 1974 in New Canaan, Connecticut, at age 55.

Fenella Woolgar

Her early years were spent in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA before the family returned to the UK in 1976.

Leopold Tyrmand

In the United States, Tyrmand lived in New York City and New Canaan, Connecticut, until 1976, and regularly published essays in American periodicals such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, Commentary and the The American Scholar.


Bill Roorbach

In 1959 the family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, where he attended public schools from first grade on, graduating from New Canaan High School in 1971.

D. Putnam Brinley

In 1914 the Brinleys built a home, Datchet House, in Silvermine (New Canaan) Connecticut, designed by their friend Austin W. Lord, and spent part of each year there for the remainder of their lives.

Essex, Ontario

The town comprises the communities of Ambassador Beach, Barretville, Belcreft Beach, Colchester, Edgars, Essex Centre, Gesto, Harrow, Klie's Beach, Leslies Corner, Levergood Beach, Lypps Beach, Marshfield, McGregor, New Canaan, Oxley, Paquette Corners, Seymour Beach and Vereker.

Glass House

The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence, and "universally viewed as having been derived from" the Farnsworth House design, according to Alice T. Friedman.

Rippowam River

Architect Philip Johnson built his Glass House on the eastern slope of the Rippowam River valley in New Canaan in the late 1940s to take advantage of the view of the valley formed by the river.

The Ice Storm

The story focuses on the 24 hours when a major ice storm strikes the town of New Canaan, Connecticut, just as both families are melting down from the parents' alcoholism, escapism and adultery, and their children's drug use and sexual experimentation.


see also

John Black Lee

One of his most prominent houses at New Canaan, constructed in 1956 originally for himself and his family, was renovated in 2010 by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.

Nils Norén

In 2008 and 2009, Norén was invited to participate in the Glass House Conversations, an annual series of salons attended by artists, designers, and other creative thought leaders at the Philip Johnson Glass House in New Canaan, CT.

Silvermine

Silvermine, Connecticut, a neighborhood in parts of New Canaan, Wilton and Norwalk