Pinney Corners
Site of the Home of Henry A. Pinney (1836-1905). The shoe factory owned by Mr. Pinney was located on land opposite his home on slightly over three acres of land at the corner of Lukes Wood and Oenoke. The factory, built in 1870, produced women’s fine shoes for thirty years and employed up to fifty people. During the period New Canaan was a major shoe manufacturing center.
Marker is at the intersection of Oenoke Ridge (Connecticut Route 124) and Pinney Road and Lukes Wood Road, on the right when traveling north on Oenoke Ridge.
Courtesy hmdb.org
