Word: lockwoods
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...TIME, you referred to Le Grand Lockwood, builder and original owner of the mansion at Norwalk, Conn., as a "Civil War profiteer...
Upon the death of her husband, Mrs. Lockwood received, among many tributes, a resolution from the New York Stock Exchange stating there would be no session the day of his funeral. Mr. B. Ogden White, secretary of the exchange, described Mr. Lockwood as one who, for a quarter of a century, has been prominently identified with its history and who, by "unfaltering integrity, enterprise and tireless energy, had won for himself a name inferior to none...
...GRAND LOCKWOOD REDFIELD...
...some of the architectural heritage of America's past, and are joining forces to find the ways and means. Their latest victory, and one of the most notable of all, has just been won in the Connecticut industrial and commuting town of Norwalk. There Civil War Profiteer LeGrand Lockwood spent about $1,500,000 to build himself a 60-room chateau that is perhaps the finest example of Victorian architectural extravagance still standing...
...Lockwood finished his chateau in 1867, barely in time for the financial panic of 1873, which ruined him. Sold in 1876 to Manhattan Soft-Drink Magnate Charles D. Mathews, it remained in his family until 1938, when his maiden daughter died and the city took over. The mansion soon served as an untidy office-warren for several city agencies. Voting machines jammed two rooms, old schoolbooks cluttered the marble entrance hall, and the Italian suite was stacked with city records...