Henry Perry House, 45 Westway Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: The Henry Perry house was erected in 1832, and is one of the two Greek Revival style structures in Southport which was designed with a five-columned front portico. The other, the Francis D. Perry House, 678 Pequot Avenue (Conn-317), was his brother's and was also erected in 1832. It is quite possible that they were designed or built by the same person. In keeping with high-style American architecture of the period, this wooden classical temple is a translation of the prototypical stone temple of Europe. Members of the Perry family were original land-owners of Southport in the 1600s, and the family name has remained prominent through the village's three-hundred year history.
Survey number: HABS CT-305
Building/structure dates: 1832 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1892 Subsequent Work