Byram

Byram

Byram is a neighborhood or section in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, separated from Westchester County, New York by the Byram River. The town of Greenwich has one political body, but consists of several distinct sections with their own mailing addresses and ZIP codes, such as Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside, and Greenwich (sometimes referred to as Greenwich proper, central, or downtown Greenwich).Byram Quarry, now closed, supplied stone for the Brooklyn Bridge, the base of the Statue of Liberty and St. Roch Church. [Hagey, Keach, "No givebacks: Group rejects war memorial for school", "The Advocate" of Stamford, September 28, 2006, page A3; article from "Greenwich Time" daily newspaper]

A scene from the movie The Good Shepherd was shot in Byram

Byram has two sites on the National Register of Historic Places:
* Thomas Lyon House — 1 Byram Road; built: c. 1695, listed: 1977
* Byram School — Western Junior Highway; built: 1925, listed: 1990

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