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The Courant reported that William C. Skinner had sold his home at 61 Woodland Street.
According to the article, F. G. Whitmore & Son had handled the transaction.
The sale was to a “New York lady, who with her family will make Hartford her home.”
The house was, in fact, sold to Samuel P. Avery, not to a “lady from New York,” but there are a couple of questions here that need to be answered. First, according to Avery’s 1920 obituary, he bought the house from Skinner in 1909, not 1908. Second, his sister Fanny, her husband, and at least their three daughters (she also had a son) did live with him, and while they were there in 1920 it isn’t clear when they moved in with him. And third, who told the Courant that it was a “New York lady” who had bought the house?
The transaction wasn’t yet final, as the deeds still hadn’t been signed.
According to the Courant, the transaction was set to be finalized on October 19, 1908.
“The sale is probably the most important transfer of residential property in Hartford since the sale of the Mark Twain house on Farmington avenue.”
Unattributed. “Colonel W. C. Skinner sells his residence,” Hartford Courant, October 17, 1908, page 1.
Unattributed. “Samuel P. Avery dies after four months’ ill health, at home here,” Hartford Courant, September 26, 1920, page 1.
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