Westport Bank and Trust Company

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]

Westport Bank and Trust Company
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Westport Bank and Trust Company, Westport, CT
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Location	87 Post Road East, Westport, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°8′30″N 73°21′40″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1924
Architect	Cutler, Charles E.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	06000593[1]
Added to NRHP	November 6, 2006

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

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, Connecticut

References

1. "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 January 15, 2015.