"Rock Ridge Farm" (1897)

Original Zacheus Mead Farm House, Rock Ridge Farm, Greenwich

Source: Greenwich Graphic. Saturday, February 20, 1897. Page 2, column 1.



"Rock Ridge Farm" comprises about 162 acres of land and was formerly known as the Zacheus Mead farm. It is situated near the Glenville Road and is but a short distance from the village. It was purchased by Mr. Nathaniel Witherell in May, 1893, to be fitted up as a summer home for the poor children and shop girls of the crowded city where they might spend a few weeks vacation during the summer months.

"Rock Ridge Farm" is divided into three sections or departments. "The Fold," the children's home, "Cherry Vale," the working girls quarters, and the farm proper. There are on the farm about twenty buildings.