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Building History

According to the City of Whittier Official Local Register of Historic Sites, "The bank building was a replacement of an existing brick bank building constructed in 1905 with the establishment of the bank." Built during the earliest and darkest years of the Depression (1931-1932), the bank strove to hire local construction labor. The Whittier Register said: "The Bank’s building committee insisted that as many local construction professionals be utilized for the project as were deemed feasible, thus, approximately 75% of the workers for the job were local." (See City of Whittier Official Local Register of Historic Sites,accessed 09/02/2015.)

Building Notes

The Whittier National Trust and Savings Bank was a textbook example of the Art Deco Style , with its general simplification of form, vertical emphasis, and geometrical ornamentation.