Preservation Award Winner: 180 Hillspoint Road

WestportNow presents the first installment in a series of photos of the 10 winners of the Historic District Commission 2008 Preservation Awards to be handed out in a Town Hall ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20. The house at 180 Hillspoint Road owned by Mark and Lisa Krosse is known as the Henry Burr Sherwood House, c. 1867. The HDC said it “has been in the process of renovation for the last four years, with the goal of improving the livability of the house while preserving its Italianate architectural style. The results are quite successful and the house is truly an important example of well executed and sensitive updating. The tower addition is evocative of a lookout for ships at sea, appropriate to its setting across from Sherwood Mill Pond.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com