The Pryory
New York Transformed, The Architecture of Cross & Cross
By Peter Pennoyer and Anne Walker
2014
pp. 110-115
Make It Happen
The Fascinating Life of Sam Pryor Jr.
By Sam Pryor III
2008
Reversing the Trend
GREENWICH Magazine
By Bobby Eggers, photographs by Lorin Klaris
January 2005
pp. 36-42
The Pryory
Building Greenwich, Architecture and Design, 1640 to the Present
By Rachel Carley
2005
p. 133
The Pryory
The Great Estates, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1880-1930
1986
pp. 50-53
Varied News Sources
Coverage of the Make It Happen book event
By various authors
Fairfield County Look
Sam Pryor Jr. was a key figure in Greenwich for most of the 50 years he lived here and was even known by many as "Mr. Greenwich"...
An Evening with Sam Pryor III
A Rare Look Into the Great Houses of "Field Point Park"
greenwichtime.com
... Greeting guests at the Pryory, built in 1916, was Jannell Bakrow, who has owned the property for 12 years...
The Pryor Doll Collection
Historically Speaking
... As he travelled himself, he picked up dolls from such countries as Thailand and Mexico. He even recruited his friends - Charles Lindbergh and Gene Tunney - to help him acquire specimens he might add to his collection. The collection ended up containing 8,000 dolls representing every religion, country, and custom. This was the largest and most valuable collection in the world at the time...
Sam Pryor Faces The Great War
Greenwich Historical Society
... On June 28th, 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand began The Great War (WWI). It also upended Sam Pryor's new life in Greenwich, as it did for many other Greenwich residents. The war impacted Sam's employer (Remington Arms) immediately...
Permelia's Island
PalmBeachPost.com
... That exclusivity and low-key civility was the goal of developers Permelia Pryor Reed and her husband, Joseph Verner Reed, who created this genteel world in the 1930s...