The house at 42 Myrtle Avenue in Westport was built in 1876-77 by Dr. Frederick Powers, reputedly duplicating the plan of his previous home in Sharon. The house has a distinctive diamond-shaped window (obscured by foliage in the photograph above) in the front cross-gable.

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Dr. Frederick Powers House (1877)