McKenzie's Point 1930's Waterfront Estate

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Nearly a 50% price reduction from an original list price of $250,000-here offered at $130,000. Very rare "Sasco Point" waterfront real estate advertisement from circa 1936. This property was once owned by former advertising agency executive, publisher of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Assistant Secretary of State and US Senator William Benton, and was known for a period as the Benton Estate. A newer estate is on the property near the very end of Sasco Hill Road. On the far right hand side of the property, you can see what appears to be a small building, which, remnants of its cement and brick foundation can be seen in the sand below the cliff, on McKenzie's Point at the rock wall. The property sold for $13,500,000 in 2001.

SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Benton_(senator)

Here is a photo of the front of the estate facing Long Island Sound circa 1997 before it was replaced with a much larger, and modern estate.

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1950's Pequot Motor Inn

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1950's post card view of the Pequot Motor Inn, on Center Street and Post Road, Southport CT.

Free television was just one of the many amenities offered.

Early Southport Railroad Station

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Early Southport Railroad Station 

Very early, undated postcard. 1900's.

Early 1900's Pequot Avenue

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Early 1900's Pequot Avenue.

Corner of Westway and Pequot Avenue.

Early 1900's color postcard. Roderick Curtis house on right.

The C.O. Jelliff Mfg. Corporation

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Logo from The C.O. Jelliff Mfg. Corp., Pequot Avenue, late 1800's.

1927 Bacon Wakeman Realty Fairfield CT

1927 Blotter - Bacon Wakeman Realty, Fairfield CT.

Pequot War Monument

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An undated postcard of the Pequot War Monument in Southport.

"BEACHSIDE" at Pine Creek Beach

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Early postcard, from "BEACHSIDE" at 1387 South Pine Creek Road and Pine Creek Avenue many years ago had "accommodations for family living by the week, month, or season". The very rare postcard further read: "The finest bathing beach in Connecticut..no finer vacation spot anywhere". This is a color-litho "bursheen" finished postcard, published by Lionel Eliovson Photography, Fairfield Conn. These two structures still exist...what is missing in this photo, is the Kensie Point Condominium building built in 1983 that replaced SURFSIDE on the beach.

Fairfield Fire Hydrants in 1976

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Fairfield painted fire hydrants in 1976 to celebrate the Bicentennial.

Pequot Library in 1966

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ELCO Motorboats 1906

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The C.O. Jelliff Mfg. Corp.

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C.O. Jelliff Mfg. Corp. on Pequot Avenue.

Little Bridgeport in 1897

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Once the trolley line was connected, Bridgeport residents of modest means could, for a mere 5 cents, enjoy a day at a Fairfield beach. The idea was so magnetic that by 1897 a summer colony known as "Little Bridgeport" had sprung up -- beachside cottages built off Reef Road by the trolley crowd. The trolley had created a new way of life, making it convenient to live in one place (suburban Fairfield) and work in another (Bridgeport).

Southport CT Currency 1851

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Currency from Southport, CT printed in 1851, issued by Southport Bank on Main Street.

The Elco Cruisette

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The C.O. Jelliff Mfg. Corporation Pequot Avenue

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Pequot Motor Inn 1960's

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Poolside at the Pequot Motor Inn, Southport CT, 1960's.

Fairfield Train Station Early 1900's

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Fairfield Train Station 1900-1905 early postcard.

J. A. Shields Hotel Lion Ointment

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Tide Mill Tavern On Harbor Road 1930's

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1930's Tide Mill Tavern.