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Area Preservations

Read an excerpt of "Time Will Tell" from the May/June 2009 issue of WESTPORT Magazine »

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Photograph by: Dave Matlow
113 Cross Highway, Westport Cross Highway Garage (the town’s first gas station) and the William Meeker House Built: c. 1910 and c. 1835 Restored: 2008 This restoration incited a change to Historic District Commission regulations, allowing owners of residential historic buildings and outbuildings to repurpose them for human habitation. The property, restored by architect Michael Glynn, has won a Historic District Commission Award and, most recently, a Connecticut Preservation Award.
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78 Buckly, Westport Jonathan Ward House Built: 1872 Restored: 2009 Once owned by the Sherwood family, who donated Sherwood Island to the state, the Jonathan Ward House is a restoration that incorporated geothermal heating plus a 5,000-sq.-ft. addition. The project is nearing completion.

“Chaise House”, Westport Built: 1805 Restored: 2007 This Hillandale beauty, a former barn used to store a “chaise,” or single horse-drawn cart, was built for Simon Couch, a large property owner. The barn was converted into a house in 1975 and recently modified to add dormers and a front door. It won a 2007 Preservation Award from the town for "Adaptive Reuse” and for meticulous documentation of the home’s history.
Photograph by: John Gray
38 Evergreen Avenue, Westport Von Schmidt House Built: 1927 Restored: 2008 Once owned by Harold von Schmidt, illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post. The artist studio was used by Harold and his son Eric, a painter, illustrator and musician.
Photograph by: Laurie Wright
157 Hillspoint, Westport Built: 1914 Restored: 2001 This Cape Cod style house was restored to all of its original cottage charm, including the uneven windows on the façade.
Photograph by: Dave Matlow
99 Myrtle Avenue, Westport Emily McLaury House Built: c. 1921 Restored: 2007 The Emily McLaury House “is believed that Charles E. Cutler, one of Westport’s most prominent architects, designed this modest home in the early 1920s for his wife’s cousin, Emily McLaury,” reports the website: http://www.westportct.gov
Photograph by: Dave Matlow
131 Sturges Highway, Westport Abel Bradley House Built: 1800 Restored: 2007 The little cottage became battle between preservationists and developers until a collaborative effort by all parties approved design plans by Southport architect J. P. Franzen that preserved the cottage while adding a new house with twenty-first-century features.

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