The Elms Door

Photograph

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Greenwich Historical Society

Name/Title

The Elms Door

Entry/Object ID

PHOTO.8631

Tags

Hotels, Inns, Buildings, Doors, Entrances, Porches

Description

A view of the doorway to The Elms inn. The Elms inn was built circa 1780 and housed Miss Graham's Seminary for Young Ladies (1833-1840), William Benson Sherwood School (1840-1849), and Mr. Peck's School (1860s), after which it became a boarding house ran by Edward Lyon Holley known as "The Elms" with additional cottages in the back. The building was torn down in 1941.

Collection

Greenwich Photograph Collection