Bridgeport Savings Bank (1917)

At the corner of Main and State Streets in Bridgeport is a bank building designed by Cass Gilbert and built in 1917. It was home to the Bridgeport Savings Bank, which was chartered in 1842 and merged with People’s Savings Bank in 1927. The bank’s first building was constructed at Main and State Streets in 1850, was replaced by a larger building in 1878 and then by the current building. People’s United Bank, as the company has been known since 2007, is now based in an office tower across the street. The 1917 bank building is now a restaurant.

Next to the former Bridgeport Savings Bank on State Street is the former building of the Bridgeport Trust Company, built in 1915 and designed by George A. Freeman.