Walter P. Crabtree

Walter Percival Crabtree (June 24, 1873 – October 7, 1962) was an American architect who worked in Connecticut.Some of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Crabtree was a native of Rochester, New York.He "received architectural training at Holyoke, Massachusetts, later moving to New Britain, where he was employed in the office of W.H.Cadwell, a well-known local architect", from 1901 to 1904.He worked on his own in New Britain from 1905 to 1928, and then in Hartford from then to 1942.He designed numerous business block buildings and private houses in New Britain and Hartford as well as in the surrounding areas.

Works include (with attribution variations):

• Ernest R. Burwell House, 161 Grove St. Bristol, CT (Crabtree, Walter P.), NRHP-listed
• Francis H. Holmes House (1906), 349 Rocky Hill Ave. New Britain, CT (Crabtree, Walter P.), NRHP-listed
• Masonic Temple (New Britain, Connecticut), 265 W. Main St. New Britain, Connecticut (Crabtree, Walter P.), NRHP-listed
• B.P.0. Elks Lodge, New Britain, built somewhat later than 1906, Neo-Classical style
• Southington Public Library, 239 Main St. Southington, Connecticut (Potter, George Wilson, Sr. (original design 1902); Crabtree, Walter P. (1930 addition), NRHP-listed
• Bristol Trust Company (1907), Riverside Ave. and Main St., Bristol, Connecticut, centerpiece of the Main Street Historic District, (Crabtree, Walter), NRHP-listed
• Fairfield State Hospital, a campus-like institutional facility, designed in a modified colonial style, built of red brick, starting in 1931. (Crabtree, Walter P., Sr.)