Jack West (August 9, 1922 – October 25, 2010)[1][2] was an architect in Sarasota, Florida and briefly in Southern California.
West was born in Illinois in 1922 and served in the Pacific Ocean with the U.S. Navy during World War II.
In 1965 he joined Rolland W. Sellew to do U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development work.
[3] The Gateway Bank building on Tamiami Trail and Bahia Vista in Sarasota, built as the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Manatee County, was designed by West in 1974.
In 2009, there was a proposal to demolish it, but it was preserved with support of Kafi Benz and local preservationists.