mjzee Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Around 1987, Allison Rowe came across a white clapboard house for sale on the outskirts of North Stamford. The place was advertised as being owned by a famous musician, but Rowe loved it for its various rustic charms -- a sprawling backyard with a lush garden and lily pond, a kidney-shaped pool, and a separate cathedral-ceilinged studio that had been fashioned from the frame of a horse and buggy barn. She left the negotiations to her mother, Marjorie Rowe, the so-called "grand dame" of Greenwich real estate who founded the firm Preferred Properties. "She called me and said, `The good news is you own Benny Goodman's house. The bad news is you owe $25,000 more.'" Read more: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/A-house-with-all-that-jazz-in-North-Stamford-3537552.php#ixzz1u6ej27Lr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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