Paul van der Stricht and his wife Nora lived in Greenwich for over
half a century, and Paul was active in the historic preservation and conservation movements. A former trustee of the Greenwich Historical Society, Paul played a pivotal role in setting up the Strickland Road Historic District, and he served as the first chairman of the Town’s Historic District Commission for over ten years. He was a founding member of the Connecticut Association of Historic District Commissions
and encouraged the formation of Connecticut Preservation Action. He created the legal framework for historic preservation in town, including the historic overlay and delay of demolition ordinances, and he successfully led the fight to save architecturally and historically significant buildings in town from demolition. Equally devoted to land conservation, he founded and served as the first president of the Greenwich Land Trust. The Historical Society presented Paul van der Stricht with its first Historic Preservation Merit Award for Preservation Leadership in 1997.
(Reproduced from the Greenwich Historical Society Annual Report, 2011-12)
