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 Svenningsen, widow of party goods magnate John Svenningsen. In 2007 it was purchased by Sonja Zuckerman for $50 million.

References

Coordinates: 41°15′32″N 72°45′46″W / 41.2588°N 72.7629°W / 41.2588; -72.7629

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, July 26, 2012. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.