Half way from the Wall Street area down to the harbor, the Norwalk River is crossed by Interstate 95. On the west bank of the river at this point is a fine city park surrounding the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion. Built in 1865-69 at a cost of $2 million (back then) by Wall-Street tycoon LeGrand Lockwood, it has been called "the most sumptious private home built in America up to that time".



The Lockwood Mathews Mansion.




The I-95 bridge over the Norwalk River, seen from
Oyster Shell Point. Invasive phragmites at left.


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