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Location87 Post Road East, Westport, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°8′30″N73°21′40″W / 41.14167°N 73.36111°W / 41.14167; -73.36111 Coordinates: 41°8′30″N73°21′40″W / 41.14167°N 73.36111°W / 41.14167; -73.36111
Arealess than one acre
Built1924
ArchitectCutler, Charles E.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 06000593 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 6, 2006

The Westport Bank and Trust Company is a historic commercial building at 87 Post Road East in Westport, Connecticut. It is a two-story Classical Revival brick building, designed by local architect Charles E. Cutler and built in 1924. The bank was founded in 1852 by Horace Staples, a prominent local businessman, and was a longtime fixture in the local economy. The building is notable for its architecture, and for a series of murals in its lobby, commissioned in the 1960s and executed by Robert L. Lambdin, an artist best known for his Depression-era work funded by the Works Progress Administration. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 6, 2006. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Westport Bank and Trust Company". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-15.