Posted on January 20, 2025 by Jenny ONeill

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Mary Elizabeth Hicks Brown (1894 – 1990) Artist and historian 1603 Main Road, 2001 Main Road, Westport Point Mary Hicks Brown could trace her Westport familial roots back to the 1700s. Born in 1894, she was the child of William B. Hicks and Caroline Davis Hicks. Mary attended Moses Brown School […]

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Jenny ONeill

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923) Botanical artist, illustrator 1936 Main Road, Westport Point   A reference in Jeanie Stewart Hall’s description of the Point revealed the surprising presence of an accomplished but long-forgotten artist:   “Now we have gotten to Captain Manchester’s, Upper Manchesters… The sweet little house which used to be sheltered […]

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Jenny ONeill

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Mary Howe Baker (1900 – 1965) Harvard Observatory women astronomical computers 39 Cape Bial Lane, Westport Point   Mary Howe, the daughter of Louis McHenry Howe and Grace Hartley, was born in Fall River, Ma. on June 4, 1900.  Her parents were close friends with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor […]

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Jenny ONeill

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Christina B. Allen (1823-1909) “always giving thanks” 2031 Main Road, Westport Point Christina was the daughter of William Allen and Phebe Tripp and was born in Westport. She had 8 siblings who married local people so she had many cousins, nieces and nephews. She was deeply religious and very tied to […]

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Jenny ONeill

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Anne Higginson Spicer (died 1935)  8 Cape Bial Lane, Westport Point  Poet, gardener, furniture maker, wood carver, artist    Westport Point became the summer retreat for a number of Chicago-based educators and artists who were active in the late 19th century Arts and Crafts movement (centered at Hull House). Westport’s environment was […]

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Jenny ONeill

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Lucia Beecher Kerr Paull (1916-2010) Artist 1853-56 Main Road, Westport Point Lucia Paull graduated from Smith College in 1938 and was a graduate student in Landscape Architecture at the Cambridge School. She lived in many different places while her father was engaged as a Ceramic Engineer. She married Richard Paull in […]