By Anne W. Semmes

Tuesday there was an impressive gathering of Town officials, National Audubon officials, and nonprofit organization leaders for a ribbon cutting before a white clapboard colonial in backcountry to celebrate its restoration, as located on property given to the Greenwich Audubon Center the year of its founding in 1943. “We stand here today to celebrate the re-opening of the Mead House, a home that has been a part of the community since 1746,” welcomed Rochelle Thomas, executive director of the Audubon Center.

Yes, built by Zebediah Mead as one of only three remaining pre-revolutionary houses on John Street between Riversville and Round Hill Roads, inherited by the Clovis family then given to Audubon Greenwich.

“We take pride in conservation and preservation,” addressed

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