Rogers Island (Connecticut) Explained

Map:	USA Connecticut
Archipelago:	Thimble Islands
Location:	Long Island Sound
Country:	United States
Country Admin Divisions Title:	State
Country Admin Divisions:	Connecticut
Rogers Island
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:	County
Country Admin Divisions 1:	New Haven

Rogers Island is one of the Thimble Islands off Stony Creek, a section of Branford, Connecticut. Also known as Yon Comis Island, Rogers bears a 27-room Tudor mansion, with tennis and basketball courts and a caretaker's residence on a 7.75acres estate valued at $15.41 million. It sold in 2003 for $22.3 million to Christine Stoecklein Svenningsen, widow of party goods magnate John Svenningsen.^[1] It sold again, most recently, in August 2018 for $21.5 million.^[2]

See also

• Thimble Islands
• Outer Lands

References

• Wealthy Widow Buying Up Thimbles, "New Haven Register", January 22, 2006, page A1
• Half a Mile Off the Coast

Stacey Stowe; "In the Region/Connecticut", New York Times, July 30, 2006; Real Estate page 10.

Specific

1. Web site: Island Collector Couple Relist Eight Connecticut Islands for $50 million .
2. News: Rogers Island, 18-room mansion in Branford sell for $21.5 million. 2018-08-15. New Haven Register. 2018-08-28.