WestportNow Teardown of the Day: 120 King’s Highway North

An application for a permit to demolish the house at Westport’s 120 Kings Highway North has been approved. Built in 1948, the 1-1/2-story cape has 1,405 square feet, is situated on a .78-acre property and changed ownership in March 2014 for $565,000. Because the property is located within the Kings Highway North Historic District, the demolition permit application required a “certificate of appropriateness” review by the Historic District Commission (HDC) and, according to HDC secretary Carol Leahy, was approved with the stipulation that any new construction also requires HDC approval. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com