Rogers Island (Connecticut)
Rogers Island is one of the Thimble Islands off Stony Creek, a section of Branford, Connecticut. Also known as Yon Comis Island, Rogers bears a 27-room Tudor mansion, with tennis and basketball courts and a caretaker's residence on a 7.75-acre (31,400 m2) estate valued at $15.41 million. It sold in 2003 for $22.3 million to Christine Stoecklein Svenningsen, widow of party goods magnate John Svenningsen.[1] It sold again, most recently, in August 2018 for $21.5 million.[2]
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Long Island Sound |
| Archipelago | Thimble Islands |
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United States | |
| State | Connecticut |
See also
References
- Wealthy Widow Buying Up Thimbles, "New Haven Register", January 22, 2006, page A1
- Half a Mile Off the Coast; Stacey Stowe; "In the Region/Connecticut", New York Times, July 30, 2006; Real Estate page 10.
- Specific
- "Island Collector Couple Relist Eight Connecticut Islands for $50 million".
- "Rogers Island, 18-room mansion in Branford sell for $21.5 million". New Haven Register. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
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