Properties Owned by the Manchester Land Conservation Trust

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Approximate Location Town Donor or Seller ¹ Date Acquired Acres [Extra Info.]
Gould Parklet (149 Lakewood Cir. North) Manchester Gould Family 9/24/1974 0.10
Marsh Pond (319 Porter St.) Manchester Dr. Alexander & Gertrude Marsh 9/29/1975 0.99
Marsh Pond rear Manchester Dr. Alexander & Gertrude Marsh 4/25/1980 1.23
Marsh Pond (Willow Pl./Porter St.) Manchester Diane Morrison 1/29/1986 0.78
Griswold Park (75 Hills Street) Manchester Hayden Griswold 12/24/1980 2.74
599R Spring St., rear of #617, #607 and #599 Manchester Hayden Griswold 12/24/1980 0.37
635 Spring St., rear of #637, #627, and #617 Manchester Rev. Clifford Simpson 5/19/1982 0.67
569 Spring St., opp. Tam Rd. Manchester Hayden Griswold 12/30/1985 0.63
670 Spring St., Case Parklet, trailhead Manchester Dorothy Case Beach 10/31/2000 0.55
Upper Case Pond, 78 Birch Mt. Rd Manchester Dennison Trust 10/31/2005 7.59
Salter's Pond, 501 Parker St.(west shoreline of Salter's Pond, Lydall St.) Manchester Lydall, Inc. 12/30/1980 8.93
Salter's Pond North Side, 24R Tracy Dr Manchester Green Manor Corp. 1/27/1981 2.29
Lydall Woods (multiple addresses on Deer Run Trail and Bridle Path La.) Manchester Jack Davis 12/17/1986 33.48
Fairway Park, 111 Gerald Dr. Manchester Fairway Estates, Gerald Dr. 10/31/1989 4.89
Yules Park, 389 Birch Mt. Rd. Manchester Yules family 12/31/1990 2.27
Buckland Hills Drive, 88, 271, 427, 429 Manchester John Finguera 12/29/1992 25.00
Buckland Hills Drive Manchester John Finguera 12/20/2005 2.30
Manning-Ferris (130 Bush Hill Rd.) Manchester Manning-Ferris family 3/22/1993 13.40
House Park (175 Greenwood Dr.) Manchester Virginia & Charles House 1/27/1995 6.41
Alpine Parklet, 26 Alpine St. Manchester Hayden Griswold 10/3/1996 0.26
South Manchester Railroad (northernmost section) Manchester Reale Family GIS 41 Hilliard & 141 Mid.TpkW. 12/19/2005 5.00
South Manchester Railroad (section south of Hilliard) Manchester Brian Daigle GIS 44 Hilliard 12/31/2008 0.64
Miller Pond (141 Bush Hill Rd) Manchester West Central Properties 9/29/2006 3.10
Buckland Pond (667 Hillstown Rd) Manchester West Central Properties 9/29/2006 9.04
Buckland Pond (37 Bush Hill Rd"Association Land") Manchester Ernest Becker Estate 12/15/2014 4.01
Barlow Park (970 Hillstown Rd.) Manchester Malcolm & Susan Barlow 12/29/2006 4.75
Harry James Park (Torpey Dr.EH entr.) Manchester Harry James 8/19/2009 0.67
Olive Chambers (93 Westland St.) Manchester Chambers Family 11/19/2009 0.20
Ansaldi Park (141 R Gardner St.) Manchester Andrew Ansaldi 7/22/2012 2.22
Bush Hill Farm (330 Bush Hill Rd.) Manchester & Glastonbury Botti Family 8/19/2015 62.00 (5 acres in Glastonbury)
118 Round Hill Road Manchester Merritt ("Mike") Baldwin gift 11/3/2017 1.64
40 Lindman Street Manchester Jose Linares gift 9/24/2019 1.40
House Park Addition (213 Greenwood Dr.) Manchester Purchased from St. Theresa parish 2/27/2020 6.80
Alba Pavan Preserve 421 Bush Hill Rd. Manchester Purchased from Pavan estate 3/26/2020 21.24
36 DeSousa Drive Manchester Tax sale; First CT Cap. housing developer failed 1/8/2021 0.15 (177.56 acres when added to Botti & Lombardo)
Lombardo Farm, 871 Hillstown Rd Manchester & Glastonbury* Purchased from Hillstown Enterprises 6/25/2021 102.00 (2 acres in Glastonbury)
Path to Wellness Hospital donations: 37 & 97 Hemlock, 77R Alton, 62&66 Hawthorne Manchester ECHN Prospect Hospital 1/27/2022 11.57
Purdy 355,361,365,371,375,381Adams St Manchester Purdy 07/12/2023 14.3
Risley Park Vernon Gladys Risley Hall, Dorothy Risley Miller 12/29/1986 50.00
Risley Park Bolton Gladys Risley Hall, Dorothy Risley Miller 12/29/1986 54.00
Risley Park Vernon Eleanore Rhodes 3/5/1997 7.00
Risley Park Bolton Eleanore Rhodes 3/5/1997 8.00
Risley Park meadow Vernon Gladys Risley Hall, Dorothy Risley Miller 1/4/2000 5.30
Risley Park Bolton Muriel Schindler 7/27/2000 3.00
Risley Park Vernon Muriel Schindler 7/27/2000 2.00
Risley Orchard Bolton Gladys Risley Hall 5/24/2013 13.00
Risley Park Bolton Eleanore Rhodes 4/17/2014 13.00
Risley Park Vernon & Bolton Eleanore Rhodes 12/01/2023 1.94
M.J. Williams Park 272 Long Hill St. EH & 1813 Tolland Tpk,Mnch East Hartford Mary Jane Williams 9/25/1996 38.42 0.22 acres in Manch.
Riverpoint, 237 East River Drive East Hartford Phoenix,Shell Oil,Riverpoint Condos 6/1/2007 0.82
Barlow Park,1014 Oak Street East Hartford Malcolm & Susan Barlow 12/15/2014 4.18
Bush Hill Farm (Glastonbury acreage - Manchester portion listed in Manchester) Glastonbury Botti Family 8/19/2015 5.00 acres in Manchester
Lombardo (Glastonbury acreage - Manchester portion listed in Manchester) Glastonbury Hillstown Enterprises 6/25/2021 2.00 acres in Manchester
Stickney Hill Preserve, GPS 41 Pleasant St. Vernon Richard Lee & Stephen Lamont 12/22/2016 15.93
Amy Drive 0 (abuts Lydall Woods) Vernon Reservoir Heights Homeowners Assoc. 11/13/2017 2.44
493 Weir Street Glastonbury Robert Jones donation 8/24/2020 0.94
TOTAL ACREAGE  =   585.56



The Manchester Land Conservation Trust, which was incorporated March 29, 1972, is a tax-exempt, publicly supported non-profit organization that works to acquire, preserve, and maintain open space lands and water resources. The Trust works through its Board of Directors, volunteers, and committees to encourage protection of animal, bird, and plant life within these natural surroundings, and to maintain the attractive character of our communities. All members are volunteers -- there is no paid staff.

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