Westport Historic Preservation Surveys and Studies (by date)

Backus, Margaret E. Some Colonial and Revolutionary Homes in Westport, Connecticut. 1901.

Adams, Joseph. Typed manuscript of various histories of historic Westport houses. Westport Historical Society.

Historic American Building Survey: Saugatuck Congregational Church. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1936.

Works Progress Administration, Federal Writer’s Project. Census of Old Buildings in Connecticut. Hartford, CT: State Archives, 1938.

Westport Historical Society. Historic House Survey, 1963-4.

Pulaski, Joseph, Brian Dry, with Long Range Planning Division, Connecticut Highway Department.   State of Connecticut Railroad Station Inventory. Storrs, CT: copy of report (UConn Library Special Collections), 1968.

Westport Historic District Study Committee.  Kings Highway Local Historic District.  1971-72.

Westport Historic District Commission. A Walking Tour Through the North King’s Highway Area Historic District. Westport, CT: Westport Historic District Commission, 1974.

Westport Historical Society & Westport Historic District Commission. Historic Dwellings in Westport, Connecticut. Westport, CT: Westport Historical Society, 1977 (revised 1986).

DeLeuw, Cather, & Parsons. Historic and Archeological Resources of the Northeast Corridor -- Connecticut. Washington, DC: Federal Railroad Administration, United States Department of Transportation, 1979.

Roth, Matthew, with Society for Industrial Archeology, & Connecticut Historical Commission. An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites. Washington, DC: Historic American Engineering Record, 1981.

Smith, Edward, Dorothy B. Templeton, & Richard Meyer, Historic Sites Survey, Inventory, and Analysis of Aids to Navigation in the State of Connecticut, John Milner Associates, Inc., & United States Coast Guard Third District, Governor’s Island, NY, 1986 (UConn Library Special Collections).

McCahon, Mary Elizabeth. Historic & Architectural Survey of Westport. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Commission, 1988 (town wide survey EXCLUSIVE of previously documented properties).

Staye, Marian Grabowicz. Cultural Resource Survey of State-Owned Buildings in Connecticut. Hartford, CT: State of Connecticut Department of Administrative Services, 1989.

National Marine Initiative. Inventory of Large Preserved Historic Vessels in the United States, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990.

National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Forms. Washington, DC: National Park Service, for the following to date:

• Godillot Place, 1977.
• Westport Town Hall, 1982.
• Bradley-Wheeler House, 1984.
• National Hall Historic District, 1984.
• Saugatuck River Bridge, 1987.
• Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge, 1987.
• Compo/Owenoke Historic District, 1991.
• Mill Cove Historic District, 1991.
• Green’s Farms School, 1991.

Connecticut Historical Commission. List of Historically Designated Properties in Westport, CT. Includes properties listed in 1991 as follows:

• National Register of Historic Places.
• Approved for National Register Study.
• Approved for National Register Study.
• Determined Eligible for the National Register by the U.S. Dept. of Interior.
• Local Historic Districts and Local Historic Properties.

State Register of Historic Places. Westport Historic District Commission. Historic District Commission Index of Listed Properties. Computer database of individual properties documented in surveys completed as of 1992, excluding those included in the Historic & Architectural Resources of Westport of 1988 & the Mill Cove Historic District of 1991, by date as follows:

• Kings Highway Local Historic District, 1973.
• Connecticut Register of Historic Places, (partial list of 1975).
• Jesup Road National Register Historic District, 1977.
• Jesup Green Local Historic District, 1982.
• National Hall National Register Historic District, 1984.
• East Bank National Register Historic District (eligible), 1986.
• Myrtle Avenue National Register Historic District (eligible), 1986.
• Saugatuck Architectural Resource Survey, 1987.
• Compo/Owenoke National Register Historic District, 1991.
• Local Historic Properties, designated as of 1991.
• National Register of Historic Places - individual properties listed as of 1991.

Gibbs, James & Westport Historic District Commission. Database of Westport Historic Architectural Resources ~ 1996. A comprehensive expandable computer database of all historic properties previously documented in above referenced surveys and studies.

Gibbs, James & Westport HDC. Westport Historic Districts & Properties Handbook. Town of Westport: 1996.

Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. & Westport HDC. Westport Historic Districts & Properties Handbook: Part II ~ Recommendations for Future Action. Town of Westport: 1997.

Gibbs, James & Westport HDC. Westport Historic Districts & Properties Handbook, 2^nd Edition. Town of Westport: 1998.

Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. & Westport HDC. Historic Architectural Survey Update ~ Early Twentieth Century Resources. Town of Westport: 2004.

Associated Cultural Resources Consultants. Recommendations Report for Potential Historic Districts. Town of Westport: 2008.

 

Local History

Adams, James T. The Founding of New England. Little, Boston: Brown & Co., 1921.

Adams, James T. Revolutionary New England, 1691 - 1776. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

Adams, James T. New England in the Republic 1776 - 1850. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1926.

Adams, Joseph. Typed manuscript of various histories of historic Westport houses. Westport Historical Society.

Backus, Margaret E. Some Colonial and Revolutionary Homes in Westport, Connecticut. 1901.

Birge, Edward Coley. Westport, Connecticut: The Making of a Yankee Township. (Reprint of 1926 edition). Westport, CT: Westport Historical Society, 1992.

Cave, Alfred A. The Pequot War. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996.

Coley, James Edward. Historical Notes and Reminiscences of Old Saugatuck, Westport, and Vicinity. Handwritten manuscript written 1884-1912; archived 1934 at Connecticut State Library.

Cruzon, Daniel.     The Prehistory of Fairfield County.

Newtown, CT: Newtown Historical Society, 1991.

DeForest, John William. History of the Indians of Connecticut. Hartford: Hamersley, 1851.

Dort, Wakefield, et al. Westport in Connecticut’s History. Westport, CT: 1935.

Douglas, Damon Greenleaf. The Bridge Not Taken: Benedict Arnold Outwitted. Westport Historical Society, 2002.

Hauptman, Laurence M., & James D. Wherry. The Pequots in Southern New England -- the Rise and Fall of an American Indian Nation. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990.

Hall, Edwin. Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk. 1847.

Hurd, D. Hamilton.       History of Fairfield County. Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1881.

Jennings, George P. Greens Farms, Connecticut. Westport, CT: The Congregational Society of Greens Farms, 1933.

Jennings, Peter. Buried in Our Past – A Historical Presentation of Westport’s Burial Grounds.

Klein, Woody. Westport, Connecticut: The Story of a New England Town’s Rise to Prominence. Westport, CT: Westport Historical Society, 2000.

McCahon, Mary Elizabeth. Historical and Architectural Survey of Westport, Connecticut. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Commission, 1988.

Orr, Charles. History of the Pequot War.   Cleveland, OH: Helman-Taylor Co., 1897.

Potts, Eve. Westport: a special place. Westport, CT: Westport Historical Society, 1985.

Scheffler, William. Westport & Weston in Vintage Postcards. Westport, CT: Westport Historical Society/Acadia Publishing, 1998.

Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut from the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818.  New York: 1889.

Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut from the Settlement of the Town in 1700 to 1800.  New York: 1905.

Somerset-Ward, Richard. An American Theater: The Story of Westport Country Playhouse, 1931-2005.

Tarrant, Dorothy & John. A Community of Artists. Westport, CT: Westport-Weston Arts Council Inc., 1985.

Trumbull, Benjamin. A Complete History of Connecticut: Civil and Ecclesiastical, From the Emigration of its First Planters, from England, in the Year 1630, to the Year 1764; and to the close of the Indian Wars. New Haven: Maltby, Goldsmith and Co., 1818.

Westport Historical Society & Westport Historic District Commission. Historic Dwellings in Westport, Connecticut, 1700-1884. Westport, CT: Westport Historical Society, 1977 (revised 1986).

Woog, Dan. Staples High School: 120 years of A+ Education. Westport Historical Society, 2005.

 

Historic Maps

1856   Clark Map of Westport.
1867   Beers Atlas of Westport.
1879   Eckins Map of Westport.
1884   Sanborn Insurance Map.
1911   Minor Map of Westport.
1935   Sanborn Insurance Map.

 

Photographic Collections

Westport Historical Society, 25 Avery Place, Westport, CT.

 

Architectural History

Andrews, Wayne. Architecture in New England. NY: Harper and Row, 1980.

Andrews, Wayne. American Gothic: Its Origins, Its Trials, Its Triumph.  NY: Random House, 1975.

Artley, Alexandra & John Martin Robinson. The New Georgian Handbook. London: Ebury Press, 1985.

Attoe, Wayne, Donn Logan. American Urban Architecture: Catalysts in the Design of Cities. Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley, 1989.

Baker, John Milnes. American House Styles - A Concise Guide. NYC: W.W. Norton & Co., 1993.

Benjamin, Asher. The Rudiments of Architecture: Being a Treatise on Practical Geometry, Grecian and Roman Mouldings, the Origin of Building, and the Five Orders of Architecture. NY: reprint of 1814 edition, De Capo Press, 1972.

Bicknell, Amos Jackson. Bicknell’s Village Builder: A Victorian Architectural Guidebook. Originally published 1870; reprinted Watkins Glenn, NY: The American Life Foundation & Study Institute, 1976.

Bicknell, Amos J., William T. Comstock. Victorian Architecture: Two Pattern Books. Watkins Glenn, NY: The American Life Foundation & Study Institute, 1976

Blumenson, John J.G. Identifying American Architecture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, 1600-1945. Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1977. Rev. ed. NYC: Norton, 1981.

Blunt, Anthony. Francois Mansart and the Origins of French Classical Architecture. Reprint, St. Clair Shores, MI: Somerset Publications, 1941.

Carley, Rachel. The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture. NYC: Henry Holt, 1994.

Chitham, Robert. The Classical Orders of Architecture. NY: Rizzoli, 1985.

Cilla, Frank. Public Architecture in the United States. NY: 1989.

Condit, Carl W. American Building: Materials and Techniques from the First Colonial Settlements to the Present. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969.

Cummings, Abbot Lowell. Architecture in Early New England. Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA, 1974.

De Long, David G., Helen Searing, & Robert A. M. Stern. American Architecture: Innovation and Tradition. NYC: Rizzoli, 1986.

Eberlin, Harold D. Architecture of Colonial America. Originally published 1915; reprinted NY: Johnson Reprints, 1968.

Gowans, Alan. The Comfortable House: North American Suburban Architecture, 1890-1930. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1986.

Gowans, Alan. Styles and Types of North American Architecture: Social Functions and Cultural Expressions. NY: Icon Editions, 1992.

Hammett, Ralph W. Architecture in the United States: A Survey of Architectural Styles Since 1776. NYC: John Wiley & Sons, 1976.

Hamlin, Talbot. Architecture Through the Ages.

Hamlin, Talbot F. Greek Revival Architecture in America. NY: Dover, 1966.

Handlin, David P. American Architecture. NYC: Thames and Hudson, 1985.

Harris, Cyril M. Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. NYC: McGraw-Hill, 1975.

Humes, Ivor Noel. A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1969.

Hunt, William Dudley, Jr. Encyclopedia of American

Architecture. NYC: McGraw-Hill, 1980.

Isham, Norman, & Albert Brown. Early Connecticut Houses. 1900; reprinted Dover, NY, 1965.

Kaufmann, Edgar, Jr. The Rise of an American Architecture. NY: Praeger Publishers, 1970.

Kelly, J. Frederick. Early Domestic Architecture of Connecticut. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924; reprinted NY: Dover Publications, 1963.

Kimball, Fiske. Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic. Originally printed 1922; reprinted Dover, NY, 1966.

Longstreth, Richard. The Buildings of Main Street: A Guide to American Commercial Architecture, Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1987.

Massey, James C., & Shirley Maxwell. The Illustrated Old House Glossary. Washington, DC: Historic House Association of America, 1983.

McAlester, Virginia, and Lee McAlester. A Field Guide to American Houses. NYC: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.

National Trust for Historic Preservation. Built in the USA, American Buildings from Airports to Zoos. Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1977.

National Trust for Historic Preservation. Master Builders - A Guide to Famous American Architects. Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1985.

Old House Journal. Identifying American Architecture.

NYC: Old House Journal Corp., 1988.

Philips, Steven J. Old-House Dictionary: An Illustrated Guide to American Domestic Architecture, 1600- 1940. Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1992.

Pierson, William H., Jr. American Buildings and Their Architects, Vol. 1: The Colonial and Neoclassical Styles. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970.

Poppeliers, John C.; S. Allen Chambers; & Nancy B. Schwartz. What Style Is It? Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1983.

Rifkind, Carol. A Field Guide to American Architecture. NYC: The New American Library, 1980.

Rolleston, Sara E. Heritage Houses: The American Tradition in Connecticut, 1660-1900. NYC: Viking Press, 1979.

Scully, Vincent. The Shingle Style. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1955.

Summerson,     John.     The     Classical     Language     of Architecture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1963.

Upton, Dell. America’s Architectural Roots: Ethnic Groups That Built America. Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1986.

Visser, Thomas Durant. Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings, University Press of New England, Hanover, NH, 1997.

Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles. Reprint of 1969 original. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1981.

Whiffen, Marcus, & Frederick Koeper. American Architecture, 1607-1976. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1981.

Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1969.

Yarwood, Doreen. Encyclopedia of Architecture. NYC: Facts on File, 1986.

Zevi, Bruno. Architecture as Space: How to Look at Architecture. NY: Horizon, 1974.

 

Historic Preservation Topics

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The Contribution of Historic Preservation to Urban Revitalization. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1979.

Connecticut Archaeological Survey. A Preliminary Inventory of Archaeological Sites in Connecticut. Storrs, CT: copy of report (UConn Library Special Collections), 1979.

Connecticut Historical Commission. Grants Manual. Hartford: 1986.

Connecticut Historical Commission. Historical Preservation: A Plan for Connecticut, Vol. II: The Inventory of Historic, Architectural, and Archaeological Resources.  Hartford: 1974.

Connecticut Historical Commission. Connecticut Historic Resource Survey Manual. Hartford: 1990.

Connecticut Historical Commission. Historic Preservation: A User’s Guide to the Connecticut Historic Preservation Collection. Hartford: 1990.

Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation. A Handbook of Historic Preservation Laws for Connecticut. New Haven, CT: Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, 1984.

International Center for Conservation, and National Trust for Historic Preservation. Preservation and Conservation: Principles and Practices. Washington, DC: Preservation Press.

National Trust for Historic Preservation. Old and New Architecture: Design Relationship. Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1980.

National Trust for Historic Preservation. Preservation Law Reporter. Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, periodical.

National Trust for Historic Preservation. Rural Conservation: Information Sheet #19. Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1979.

National Trust for Historic Preservation. State Enabling Legislation for Local Preservation Commissions. Washington, DC: Preservation Press, 1984.

United States Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation & Recreation Service Division of State Plans & Grants, Preservation Planning Services. New Directions in Rural Preservation. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980.

United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977.

United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Respectful Rehabilitation: Answers to Your Questions About Old Buildings. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Identification and Evaluation. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983.

United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Preservation Assistance Division. The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation Projects, with Guidelines for Applying the Standards. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985.

Arendt, Randall G, Elizabeth A. Brabec, Harry L. Dodson, and Robert D. Yaro.   Dealing with Change in the Connecticut River Valley: A Design Manual for Conservation and Development. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1989.

Bowsher, Alice M. Design Review in Historic Districts. Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1978.

Brolin, Brent. Architecture in Context: Fitting New Buildings with Old. NYC: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1980.

Calthorpe, Peter, Doug Kelbaugh, et al. The Pedestrian Pocket Book. Princeton, NJ: The Princeton Architectural Press, 1989.

Calthorpe, Peter, and Sim Van der Ryn. Sustainable Communities. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1986.

Collins, Richard C., Elizabeth B. Waters, & A. Bruce Dotson. America’s Downtowns: Growth, Politics and Preservation. Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1991.

Duerksen, Christopher J. (ed.). A Handbook on Historic Preservation Law. Washington, DC: Conservation Foundation, 1983.

Gratz, Roberta Brandes. The Living City: How America’s Cities are Being Revitalized by Thinking Small in a Big Way. Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1994.

Hiss, Tony. The Experience of Place. NYC: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.

Jackson, John Brinkerhoff. Discovering the Vernacular Landscape. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1984.

Litokin, David. Landmark Preservation and the Property Tax. Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, 1982.

Macinko, George, and Rutherford H. Platt, editors. Beyond the Urban Fringe: Land Use Issues of Non- metropolitan America. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1983.

McKee, Harley J. Recording Historic Buildings. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1970.

Murtagh, William J. Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America. NYC: Sterling Publishing Co., 1990.

Roddewig, Richard J., with American Planning Association. Preparing a Historic Preservation Ordinance. Washington, DC: American Planning Association, 1983.

Rypkema, Donovan D. The Economics of Historic Preservation. Washington, DC: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1994.

Smith, George S., & John E. Ehrenhard. Protecting the Past. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1991.

Steele, Fritz. The Sense of Place. Boston, MA: CBI Publishing Company, 1981.

Tondro, Terry J. Connecticut Land Use Regulation. Storrs, CT: University of Connecticut School of Law Press, 1979.

Ziegler, Arthur P., Jr., & Walter C. Kidney. Historic Preservation in Small Towns: A Manual of Practice. Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1980.

 

Historic Rehabilitation Techniques

United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Respectful Rehabilitation: Answers to Your Questions About Old Buildings. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Preservation Assistance Division. The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation Projects, with Guidelines for Applying the Standards. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985.

United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Preservation Assistance Division. Preservation Briefs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. See  www.nps.gov/history/hps/TPS/briefs/briefxx.htm for  each brief, where ‘xx’ is the brief number:

#1: The Cleaning and Waterproof Coating of Masonry Buildings. Robert C. Mack, FAIA & Anne Grimmer.

#2: Repointing Mortar Joints in Historic Brick Buildings. Robert C. Mack, FAIA, & John P. Speweik.

#3:    Conserving Energy   in   Historic   buildings. Baird M. Smith, AIA.

#4: Roofing for Historic Buildings. Sarah M. Sweetser.

#5:    Preservation of Historic Adobe Buildings.

#6: Dangers of Abrasive Cleaning to Historic Buildings. Anne E. Grimmer.

#7: The Preservation of Historic Glazed Architectural Terra-Cotta. De Teel Patterson Tiller.

#8: Aluminum and Vinyl Sidings on Historic Buildings ~ The Appropriateness of Substitute Materials for Resurfacing Historic Wood Frame Buildings. John H. Myers, revised by Gary L. Hume.

#9:    The Repair of Historic Wooden Windows. John H. Myers.

#10: Exterior Paint Problems on Historic Woodwork. Kay D. Weeks & David W. Look, AIA.

#11: Rehabilitating Historic Storefronts. H. Ward Jandl.

#12:   The Preservation of Historic Pigmented Structural Glass (Vitrolite and Carrara Glass).

#13: The Repair and Thermal Upgrading of Historic Steel Windows. Sharon C. Park, AIA.

#14: New Exterior Additions to Historic Buildings Preservation Concerns. Kay D. Weeks.

#15: Preservation of Historic Concrete. Paul Gaudette and Deborah Slaton.

#16: The Use of Substitute Materials on Historic Building Exteriors. Sharon C. Park, AIA.

#17: Architectural Character Identifying the Visual Aspects of Historic Buildings as an Aid to Preserving Their Character. Lee H. Nelson, FAIA.

#18: Rehabilitating Interiors in Historic Buildings Identifying and Preserving Character-Defining Elements. H. Ward Jandl.

#19: The Repair and Replacement of Historic Wooden Shingle Roofs. Sharon C. Park, AIA.

#20: The Preservation of Historic Barns. Michael J. Auer.

#21: Repairing Historic Flat Plaster. Walls and Ceilings. Mary Lee MacDonald.

#22: The Preservation and Repair of Historic Stucco. Anne Grimmer.

#23:   Preserving Historic Ornamental Plaster. David Flaharty.

#24: Heating, Ventilating, and Cooling Historic Building s~ Problems and Recommended Approaches. Sharon C. Park, AIA.

#25: The Preservation of Historic Signs. Michael J. Auer.

#26: The Preservation and Repair of Historic Log Buildings. Bruce D. Bomberger.

#27: The Maintenance and Repair of Architectural Cast Iron. John G. Waite, AIA & Margot Gayle.

#28:  Painting Historic Interiors. Sara B. Chase. #29: The Repair, Replacement & Maintenance of Historic Slate Roofs. Jeffrey S. Levine.

#30: The Preservation and Repair of Historic Clay Tile Roofs. Anne E. Grimmer & Paul K. Williams.

#31: Mothballing Historic Buildings. Sharon C. Park, AIA.

#32:  Making Historic Properties Accessible. Thomas C. Jester & Sharon C. Park, AIA.

#33: The Preservation and Repair of Historic Stained and Leaded Glass. Neal A. Vogel & Rolf Achilles.

#34: Applied Decoration for Historic Interiors Preserving Composition Ornament. Jonathan Thornton & William Adair, FAAR.