Preservation Award Winner: 126 Morningside Drive South

Among the nine winners of the Historic District Commission 2010 Preservation Awards to be presented in a Town Hall ceremony at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 18 is the house at 126 Morningside Drive South, owned by Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Broadbent. In selection of this house for the award the HDC said, “This recently restored International Style house is one of the most significant modern dwellings in Westport. Designed by Erard Mathiesson (father of author Peter Mathiesson) of Irvington-on Hudson, N.Y., the dramatically sited house was built in 1937-1938 for Florimonde Du Sossoit Duke and is the earliest documented local example of the avant garde International Style.” This is the second house in Westport for which the Broadbents have been awarded an HDC Preservation Award. In 2005, they received the Preservation Award for restoration of their former historic residence at 66 Compo Road North. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com