Rogers Island (Connecticut)

Rogers Island is one of the Thimble Islands off Stony Creek, a section of Branford, Connecticut. Also known as Yon Comis Island, Rogers bears a 27-room Tudor mansion, with tennis and basketball courts and a caretaker's residence on a 7.75-acre (31,400 m²) estate valued at $15.41 million. It sold in 2003 for $22.3 million to Christine Stoecklein Svenningsen, widow of party goods magnate John Svenningsen.^[1] It sold again, most recently, in August 2018 for $21.5 million.^[2] It was listed again for sale in May 2024 for an asking price of $35 million, with no buyer yet.^[3]

Rogers Island

Rogers Island
Geography
Location	Long Island Sound
Coordinates	41°15′33″N 72°45′46″W
Archipelago	Thimble Islands
Administration
United States
State	Connecticut
County	New Haven

See also

• Thimble Islands
• Outer Lands

References

• Wealthy Widow Buying Up Thimbles, "New Haven Register", January 22, 2006, page A1
• Half a Mile Off the Coast; Stacey Stowe; "In the Region/Connecticut", New York Times, July 30, 2006; Real Estate page 10.

Specific

1. "Island Collector Couple Relist Eight Connecticut Islands for $50 million".
2. "Rogers Island, 18-room mansion in Branford sell for $21.5 million". New Haven Register. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
3. "0 Rogers Island, Branford, CT 06405 | MLS #120689".