The Property After Lortel's Death
Lortel bequeathed the property to her theater foundation, which later proposed putting a housing development and possibly a school on the site, something opposed by members of the Save Cranbury Association.
In 2005, the state granted $450,000 to the Norwalk Land Conservation Trust Inc. to help preserve the parcel, which contains a pond, open fields, extensive wetlands and woodland. Stony Brook, a Class A stream, runs directly through the property and feeds a nearby aquifer.
The property was sold in 2006 for $4.8 million to 78 Cranberry Road LLC according to Westport Now Magazine.
In 2008, the property was purchased by the Connecticut Friends School in nearby Wilton. The school plans to build an expanded school building campus on the property.
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