Prior editions of this handbook have made recommendations for potential additional Historic Districts and Historic Properties. In 2008, the HDC published its Recommendations Report for Potential Historic Districts, which enumerated over a hundred potential districts, many comprised of just a few individual properties. See that report for a complete listing.

The HDC has the continuing authority and responsibility to recommend additions to and new Local Historic Districts and Local Historic Properties. The HDC also has the authority to recommend nominations to the National Register of Historic Places (see Appendices) for both districts and individual properties, especially where adoption of a Local Historic District or Local Historic Property proves impractical or untimely.

Following is a list of major neighborhood areas deemed eligible by the HDC for designation as Local Historic Districts:

• Bankside
• Beachside:
  • Burying Hill Beach
  • Frost Point
  • Beachside Avenue
  • Maple Lane South
  • Sasco Creek Road
  • Green’s Farms Railroad Station
• Charcoal Hill
• Coleytown:
  • Coleytown Road/North Avenue vicinity
• Compo Road South:
  • Post Road to Longshore
• Cross Highway/North Avenue
• Green’s Farms:
  • Center Street South
  • Clapboard Hill Road
  • Green’s Farms Road
  • Green’s Farms School
  • Maple Avenue South
  • Morningside Drive South
  • Turkey Hill Road South
• Long Lots:
  • Adams Academy
  • Long Lots Road
• Old Mill Beach/Mill Pond:
  • At Hillspoint Road
• Prospect Road/Hillandale Road West
• Richmondville
• Riverside/West Bank:
  • Lincoln Street/Burr Road vicinity
  • Riverside Avenue
  • Sylvan Road South
  • Kings Highway Elementary School
  • Saugatuck Elementary School
• Saugatuck:
  • Bridge Street/Imperial Avenue vicinity
  • Riverside Avenue/Saugatuck Avenue vicinity
  • Saugatuck Railroad Station
  • Saugatuck bridges
• Westport Center:
  • Post Road/Church Street/Jesup Road vicinity
  • Main Street
  • Town Hall
  • Myrtle Avenue/Main Street North/Canal Street/Evergreen Avenue/Washington Avenue vicinity

In addition to the above potential Local Historic districts, there are a number of individual properties that are deemed by the HDC to warrant protection as Local Historic Properties. See the Appendices for what constitutes eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places as a guideline. Generally, properties that fall within the following thematic categories are considered eligible:

• Native American sites
• Pre-Revolutionary War homesteads
• Revolutionary War sites related to British invasions (in conjunction with Towns of Fairfield, Danbury, etc.)
• Farmlands and farm buildings
• Factories and mills
• Maritime structures
• Summer and country estates
• Public buildings
• Colonial Revival remodels of earlier houses
• Post-bellum architecture of housewright George Fairchild and developer Platt Bennett
• Tudor and Colonial Revival suburban architecture of architect Charles Cutler
• Suburban architecture of housewright Frazier Peters (1920s and 1930s)
• Early twentieth century roadway improvements, such as cobblestone bridges and culverts
• Fairfield County Hunt Club equestrian trails
• Sites associated with the Westport arts community
• Modern architecture
• Mid-twentieth century residences by Victor Civkin Architect
• Suburban development

It is the HDC recommendation that Historic Design District zoning designation should be made by the Planning and Zoning Commission for the following areas:

• Saugatuck
• Riverside Avenue/West Bank
• Post Road/Church Street/Jesup Road vicinity (Westport Center)
•  Myrtle Avenue (Westport Center)