On this site stood an African-American neighborhood hidden behind Main Street and Elm Street. Buildings here were given "½" numbers as street addresses. The residents made up the majority of Westport's African-American population, many of whom . . . — — Map (db m226766) HM
To commemorate the battle fought on and
near this point between the British forces
and the American Patriots, April 28, 1777.
Ordnance presented by U.S. Government and erected July 4, 1901 — — Map (db m22556) HM
Here occurred the first engagement between the Continentals and the British Troops when they invaded Connecticut, April - 25 - 1777 — — Map (db m21360) HM
Godillot Carriage House
Built 1882
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m30648) HM
This Viewpoint extends the museum sites of the Connecticut Impressionist Art Trail Connecticut's Millennium Legacy Trail to the outdoor settings that artists portrayed at the turn of the 20th century in a manner that came to be called . . . — — Map (db m227311) HM
Jennings Trail
Jesup Green
Here stood the William H. Jessup House
Later owned by William Taylor.
On the river the Jessups built wharves
and warehouses in the late 18th
century where grain was stored awaiting
export by sail. The . . . — — Map (db m30645) HM
To Commemorate the
heroism of the Patriots
who defended their
country when the British
invaded this State April 25-
1777. General David Wooster
Colonel Abraham Gould
and more than one hundred
Continentals fell in the
engagements . . . — — Map (db m21538) HM
The Post Road Bridge
1807 Westport was a prosperous shipping community with wharves, docks, and shipyards along both sides of the Saugatuck River. The first Post Road Bridge was owned and built by the Connecticut Turnpike Company, a public . . . — — Map (db m30644) HM
Sanctuary
September 2011
by David Boyajian and Matt Rink
This sculpture was commissioned by the State of Connecticut in honor of the innocent lives lost during the September . . . — — Map (db m227354) WM
Indigenous people frequented this area for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the 17th century. In 1637, native Paugussets were driven away after the Great Swamp Fight between the larger Pequot tribe and European colonizers. In . . . — — Map (db m226768) HM
1950 Korea 1953
Dedicated To All Of Westport's Veterans Of
The Korean War Who Honorably Served The
Cause Of Freedom With The Armed Forces
Of The United States
* They Are Not Forgotten * — — Map (db m30794) WM
1959 Vietnam 1975
To commemorate the honorable service in Southeast Asia, in the face of uncommon adversity of the men and women of Westport who answered our country's call.
Killed In Action
Timothy M. Barmmer USMC Michael B. Paquin USA . . . — — Map (db m30797) WM
[ south side ]
1917 – 1918
Dedicated To
The Citizens
Of Westport
Who Served In
The World
War
Erected Nov. 11,
1930
[ west side ]
Honor Roll
Gold Star
These Gave Their Lives
Carusone, Patsy . . . — — Map (db m30792) HM
[ small right-hand plaque ]
1941 – 1945
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them. . . . — — Map (db m30798) HM
For God And Country
1941 1945
They Honored Us More Than
We Can Honor Them
Donald E. Ball Michael P. Cherub James V. Cuso Charles J. De Maria William E. Dougherty, Jr. Robert F. Dustman David Elder Thomas R. Finnegan George . . . — — Map (db m30793) HM
Wheeler House
Orig Date 1795
Remodeled 1860's
Westport Historical Society
[ lower medallion ]
The National Register
Of Historic Places
Recorded Property — — Map (db m31203) HM
