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Conyers Farm

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Conyers Farm is a tract of land in Greenwich, Connecticut, near the New York-Connecticut border. Established by Edmund C. Converse of Bankers Trust in 1904, the property represented the consolidation of 20 farms. Much of the land had long been uncultivated, but the farm became an important source of employment and food for Greenwich. The 1,481-acre (599 ha) site was unoccupied for 15 years after Converse's death. Conyers Farm was repurposed for luxury home development in the 1980s and several celebrities have owned property there since that time.

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