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- Also Known As: Convent of the Sacred Heart School
- Address: 253 Long Neck Point Rd
- Vicinity: Gated 500' before house
The Brick House was a notable Progressive Era manor located on Noroton Point (Long Neck Point) in Darien, Connecticut. Completed in 1903 for the prominent banker and philanthropist Anson Phelps Stokes, the sprawling brick residence was designed by his son, architect Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, and famously served as a summer retreat for industrialist Andrew Carnegie. In 1924, the estate transitioned into a prestigious girls' boarding school operated by the Convent of the Sacred Heart, educating notable alumnae such as Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Although the central portion of the original mansion was demolished following the school's closure in 1966, the remaining wings survive today as private residences, standing as a testament to the grand historic architecture of Fairfield County. - AsNotedIn