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Westport is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Located in the Gold Coast along the Long Island Sound , it is 48 miles (77 km) northeast of New York City and is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region .
The Kings Highway North Historic District is a predominantly residential 58-acre (23 ha) historic district in Westport, Connecticut.Located on the hillside west of the Saugatuck River, this area encapsulates architecturally several major stages in the community's development, from colonial days to the 20th century.
Westport Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It comprises the town center of Westport. Westport Village was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
Acting for the state, Westport farmer and public citizen William H. Burr Jr., who led the fight to create the park, bought two small parcels in 1914, including a 5-acre (20,000 m 2) strip of beachfront, [4] [11] giving Sherwood Island its designation as Connecticut’s first state park, although it took another two decades for the park to be ...
The Mill Cove Historic District is a 9-acre (3.6 ha) historic district in Westport, Connecticut, United States. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It consists of a small group of cottages, 15 of which are contributing buildings, and other cottages and outbuildings. [1]
The National Hall Historic District is a 3-acre (1.2 ha) historic district in Westport, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] The district encompasses a historic commercial center of the town, located on the west bank of the Saugatuck River where the Boston Post Road crosses the river. It includes ...
Navigation by road in early Westport was difficult due the lack of a bridge south of the one carrying the Boston Post Road (now United States Route 1) over the Saugatuck River. The Allen family, who owned land on the eastern bank of the river opposite the industrial village of Saugatuck, donated land for a bridgehead, and the first bridge was ...
The Compo–Owenoke Historic District encompasses an early 20th-century summer resort beach community in Westport, Connecticut.Developed between 1910 and 1940, the Compo Beach area contains one of the largest assemblages of period resort architecture in Westport, and one of the best such collections in the region.