Westport Bank and Trust Company, Westport

Name: Westport Bank and Trust Company
Address: Westport, United States

#14 among attractions in Westport

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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. ()

Built: 1924 (100 years ago)Coordinates: 41°8'30"N, 73°21'40"W

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Westport Bank and Trust Company – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Earthplace, Westport Country Playhouse, Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Bradley–Wheeler House.

1.1 miW
Nature and wildlife, Park, Trail
Earthplace, Westport
28 min walk • Earthplace Earthplace is a donor supported, non-profit organization committed to building passion and respect for the natural world and a more sustainable future for our community; located in Westport, Connecticut.
~1820 ftE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Westport Country Playhouse, Westport
9 min walk • Westport Country Playhouse, is a not-for-profit regional theater in Westport, Connecticut. It was founded in 1931 by Lawrence Langner, a New York theater producer. Langner remodeled an 1830s tannery with a Broadway-quality stage.
0.4 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Westport
10 min walk • Our Lady of the Assumption Church is a Roman Catholic church in Westport, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport.
~920 ftN
Museum, History museum
Bradley–Wheeler House, Westport
5 min walk • The Bradley–Wheeler House, also known as the Charles B. Wheeler House, is a historic house museum located at 25 Avery Place in Westport, Connecticut. Built about 1795 and restyled in the Italianate mode about 1867, it is one of the oldest surviving houses in Westport center.
~730 ftS
Library
The Westport Library, Westport
4 min walk • The Westport Library is a public library in the town of Westport, Connecticut, established on February 4, 1886, by members of the Westport Reading-Room and Library Association.
~1140 ftS
41°8'19"N • 73°21'41"W
Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts, Westport
6 min walk • Concerts and shows, Arenas and stadiums, Performing arts
0.4 miE
41°8'37"N • 73°21'12"W
Winslow Dog Park, Westport
11 min walk • Park
~230 ftS
City hall
City Hall, Westport
2 min walk • The Old Town Hall is a historic former municipal building at 90 Post Road East in Westport, Connecticut. Built in 1908 as the town's first purpose-built municipal office building, it is unusual architecturally for using cobblestones within a design that is, overall, Classical Revival in style.
~1190 ftSW
Neighbourhood, Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
National Hall Historic District, Westport
6 min walk • The National Hall Historic District is a 3-acre historic district in Westport, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
0.4 miW
Neighbourhood, Greek Revival architecture
Kings Highway North Historic District, Westport
10 min walk • The Kings Highway North Historic District is a predominantly residential 58-acre historic district in Westport, Connecticut. Located on the hillside west of the Saugatuck River, this area encapsulates architecturally several major stages in the community's development, from colonial days to the 20th century.

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Nearby attractions include City Hall, Westport (2 min walk), The Westport Library, Westport (4 min walk), Bradley–Wheeler House, Westport (5 min walk), Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts, Westport (6 min walk).