Going Down: 5 Roosevelt Road

A house at 5 Roosevelt Road in the Compo Beach area came down today as neighbors watched. Built in 1923, the home was purchased in May 2004 for $2,275,000 and was featured as WestportNow’s teardown of the day on Feb. 8, 2005. The replacement house will be the first new home on the street since the 1940s. Most of the houses on Roosevelt Road were built in the 1920s and 1930s. Residents had applied to rezone the street as an historic district but later changed their minds. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com