Martha was renowned for saving many children from Hitler, and David was an inventor and leader in the development of radio and television, helping to develop the first color television tube for CBS. In 1978, Jay Kobrin and Gordon Micunis of Gordon Micunis Designs purchased Marion Castle. They were influential in placing it on the National Register of Historic Places. The neighborhood continued to be developed in the early twentieth century. The Shippan Land Company developed over of the peninsula, including Saddle Rock and Rogers Roads in 1913. The Atlantic Realty Company held a large public auction of land in 1914 at Lanark, Auldwood, Downs, and Whittaker avenues. The company even offered three-minute airplane rides to attract prospective buyers. Shippan residents complained about city services (it wasn't until 1931 that Shippan Avenue was paved) and zoning decisions, and the area once petitioned the state legislature to separate from Stamford and become its own town, although the petition was rejected. Off-shore wreck The Isabel, a wooden passenger steamship, ran aground off the point on 28 September 1915. There were no fatalities. Scattered wreckage remains in the -deep area. There are believed to be small parts of the ship, like windows, buried only a few feet below the sand at the beach at Stamford Yacht Club. Notable residents Current residents include newscaster Chris Hansen and Stamford developer, Thomas L. Rich. Past residents of Shippan Point include: Harry Connick Jr. Faye Dunaway The family of the Gillespie brothers, former publishers of The Advocate of Stamford and the Greenwich Time, and owners of radio station WSTC. U.S. Rep. Schuyler Merritt, who chaired the commission that created the Merritt Parkway, lived at 75 Rogers Road. Timothy Donahue was Executive Chairman of Sprint Nextel. Dannel Malloy, CT Governor, former Mayor of Stamford Pictures References External links "A Concise History of Shippan" by Rosemary Burns Images of Shippan Point from Guide to Nature magazine, June 1910 Stamford Yacht Club The Shippan Point Garden Club ALC Beach Association City of Stamford Stamford Historical Society Geography of Stamford, Connecticut Neighborhoods in Connecticut Headlands of the United States Peninsulas of Connecticut Landforms of Fairfield County, Connecticut Populated coastal places in Connecticut