Early pioneers settled in the Arlington area around 1830. A depot called Withe Station was established in 1856 on land given by General Samuel Jackson Hays. In 1872, his land holdings were sold at public auction and the community became Haysville, incorporated in 1878. The name was changed to Arlington in 1883, and the community was again incorporated in 1900. In 1905, the Arlington Bank and Trust Company was established in this building.