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Upper Parliament Street cuts the district in half, acting as an unofficial border between the tall Georgian townhouses once populated by rich sea captains on one side and the Granby ward on the other.
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Stroll down Main Road and admire houses representing every era of Westport’s long colonial and maritime history, from Cape Cod cottages and colonial saltboxes to showy Greek Revival sea captains’ homes.
—Anna Laird Barto, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
Taylor has played Walt Whitman, Franklin, and George Washington, as well as Gideon Olmsted, a Connecticut sea captain whose ship was seized by British forces in 1778, since 1998.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 May 2026
The salty sea captain beard and the piercing stare, perfect for magazine covers, did not hurt.
—Matthew Herper, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Stroll down Main Road and admire houses representing every era of Westport’s long colonial and maritime history, from Cape Cod cottages and colonial saltboxes to showy Greek Revival sea captains’ homes.
—Anna Laird Barto, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
Taylor has played Walt Whitman, Franklin, and George Washington, as well as Gideon Olmsted, a Connecticut sea captain whose ship was seized by British forces in 1778, since 1998.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 May 2026
The salty sea captain beard and the piercing stare, perfect for magazine covers, did not hurt.
—Matthew Herper, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Sea captain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20captain. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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