Of Gossip and Vintage Cars: Historic Backcountry Greenwich Store Changes Hands
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Established in 1801 and serving as a stagecoach stop and post office from 1830 to 1901, the Round Hill Store and Service Station have been an essential gathering place for generations of Round Hill neighbors and tradespeople.
On August 26, 2026, local residents Chuck Royce and Ryan Brumberg became only the fourth owners in the property's 225-year history. Operating under the banner of the Round Hill Preservation Society, they purchased the landmark from the William Strain family, who had stewarded and operated it across four generations following their 1915 purchase.
The Round Hill Store
The store. located at 369 Round Hill Road at the intersection of Old Mill Road, continues to welcome a vibrant cross-section of backcountry life daily: landscapers and tradespeople stopping for morning coffee or deli meals, neighbors picking up household necessities, cyclists taking a break, and visitors passing through. Local blogger Christopher Fountain recently highlighted a colorful footnote on his blog FWIW: it was precisely this gathering of tradespeople sharing complaints over morning coffee that helped expose Leona Helmsley of Dunnellen Hall (521 Round Hill Road) to federal investigators and the IRS.
The Round Hill Service Station
Alongside the store, the adjacent Round Hill Service Station has long cared for vintage, foreign, and domestic automobiles while catering to the hardware and utility needs of local estate managers and neighbors. Longtime operators built a distinct reputation for maintaining and restoring antique and European marques—a steady, specialized service driven by backcountry estate owners. That deep-rooted local appetite for collector automobiles continues today, as reflected in recent Planning & Zoning proposals for multi-car residential garages and showroom facilities across town (such as a proposed Greenwich mega-mansion with a 40-car garage).
Between the Lines: With Greenwich residents increasingly on edge about local overdevelopment, this transition offers a reassuring outcome. The new owners have committed to maintaining current operations for both the store and service station for the immediate future.