The Landmark Building

Designed by the architectural firm of Smith and Bassette in 1917 for Simsbury Bank and Trust Company, the first bank in the Farmington River Valley, this building at 760 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury, Connecticut, is a fine example of commercial Colonial Revival architecture, a style popular during the early twentieth century. The project was commissioned by Joseph R. Ensign (1868-1941), a prominent local industrialist and principal in what is now Ensign-Bickford Industries. Over the years, the building also housed the Southern New England Telephone Company, the Simsbury War Bureau, the local chapter of the American Red Cross, Simsbury Town Offices from 1974 to 1981, and various local businesses. In October 1993, Landmark Partners Inc. purchased the building and completely restored it to its original integrity, and after the restoration was completed in June 1994, it was renamed The Landmark Building. The Simsbury Bank and Trust Company Building was individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1986, by the National Park Service, and it has been rehabilitated in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.

Simsbury Center, Connecticut · United States