Thursday, September 12, 2013

LINK: Houdini’s Stamford home identified

Our friend Tom Interval of Houdini Museum has done some fantastic detective work on Houdini's little-known country home in North Stamford, Connecticut. Tom has discovered the exact location as 286 Webb’s Hill Road and has uncovered an article about the house (that we all missed) in The Historic Neighborhood Preservation Program's Fall 2011 newsletter.

You can read that article and all of Tom's findings by clicking over to Houdini Museum.
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2013 at 3:51 PM

    Question I have is why did they sell the home aft having it such a short time period?

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    1. Tom IntervalSeptember 12, 2013 at 4:14 PM

      That's a good question, Anonymous. If I discover the answer, I'll update the blog and post a comment here.

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    2. John CoxSeptember 12, 2013 at 4:29 PM

      That is a good question.

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  2. Tom IntervalSeptember 12, 2013 at 4:15 PM

    John, thanks again for including this link! I'll let you know if there are any significant updates.

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  3. Leo HeviaSeptember 14, 2013 at 8:35 AM

    Thank you Tom and (yet again) John for another great story. I was curious about that house on Webb's Hill (or is that Weiss Hill?). It is strange that Houdini unloaded it after a year or so. Perhaps he concluded that the house was an unnecessary impulse purchase and decided the sale money was better spent elsewhere.

    I'm not 100% certain, but didn't the actor Robert Vaughn own the house for a time?

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  4. Leo HeviaOctober 31, 2016 at 12:05 PM

    Some more interesting information from Jack's Houdini & Hardeen blog on the Stamford house while Harry owned it. I didn't know HH only kept it for a year before selling it:

    http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Unlocking-the-secrets-of-Houdini-s-life-in-10422173.php

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    1. John CoxOctober 31, 2016 at 12:11 PM

      Indeed, some very good info here. I'll be linking to this when we are clear of all the Halloween whatnot.

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