Preservation Award Winner: 75 Kings Highway North

The house at 75 Kings Highway North is among seven recipients of the Westport Historic District Commission (HDC) 2018 Preservation Awards to be presented in a Town Hall ceremony on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m.  This house earns the Helen Muller Preservation Award, given in recognition of a significant contribution to the maintenance, preservation and conservation of the Kings Highway North Local Historic District in honor of one of Westport’s most prominent preservation advocates, Helen Muller. It is owned by Kathryn and Brian McGarvey who, in 2015, purchased the house, known as the Francis Converse House c. 1922.  It is thought to have been designed by one of Westport’s most important local architects, Charles Cutler, well known for his Colonial Revival style architecture. Barbara and Allen Raymond whose tireless devotion to the history of Westport lived in the house for 50 years. The McGarveys reconfigured the front yard and driveway to make it safer for their young family. They installed a white wooden picket fence and circular drive with gates on either side and expanded the house by adding a two-story addition made to compliment the original house using original materials and with matching cedar shingle roof and six over six wooden windows. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com