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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1924/00/00 Mosler Safe Company Manufacturer A specially engineered vault with a seven-ton door designed and manufactured by the Mosler Safe Company is installed at the Westport Bank.
1924/00/00 Charles E Cutler Architect The Westport Bank is constructed of load-bearing brick masonry laid in Flemish bond with raked mortar joints. Bank officials are especially proud of the interior planning, said to represent the most progressive ideas in modern banking.
1924/00/00 Westport Bank and Trust Company Office The Westport Bank, fast becoming the major lender in the region, dedicates its new home by recalling its 90-year history and boasting of the structures cost, ($140,000) appearance and completeness of equipment.
1965/10/00 Robert Lynn Lambdin Significant name Robert L Lambdin paints two wood-framed, oil-on canvas murals from Westport history, "Shipping on the Saugatuck" and "Hotel Square". "Hotel Square" depicts a c 1880 view of the intersection of Post Road East and Church Lane.

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Particulars for Westport Bank and Trust Company:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Historic Use Financial Institution
Criteria Historic Event
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Criteria Person
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 6th November 2006

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Westport Bank and Trust Company
Registry Address: 87 Post Rd. E
Registry Number: 06000593
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Cutler, Charles E.
Architectural Style: Classical revival
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce, Art
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Significant Year: 1924
Associated People: Lambdin, Robert Lynn
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Financial institution
Current Function: Work in progress, Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Specialty store

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