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 REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES 
 
 OF THE WORK OF 
 
 A. MOORMAN 6? COMPANY 
 
 IN THE 
 
 Design. Construction 
 Reconstruction and Equipment 
 
 OF 
 
 BANK BUILDINGS 
 
 A. MOORMAN U CO. 
 
 CHICAGO. ILLINOIS KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 
 
 1018 First National Bank Building 203 First National Bank Bviilding 
 
 ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA 
 
 Factory and Works: 
 40t'-501 Minnesota St reet 
 
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 MOORMAN METHODS 
 
 A. Moorman & Company have grown from a small 
 beginning. Through many years we have carefully 
 built up a reputation until now ‘‘Moorman Built 
 Banks” have become a synonym for the highest grade 
 of designs, materials and workmanship. Our reputa¬ 
 tion is built on a knowledge of bank buildings—a 
 training in architecture, long experience in construction 
 and equipment—seeing the bankers’ housing needs 
 and meeting them—not a study of methods of cheap¬ 
 ening buildings, or the creation of poor substitutes 
 for good materials. 
 
 “The Design, Construction, Reconstruction and 
 Equipment of Bank Buildings.” This sentence covers 
 our complete service. It means that we have developed 
 a business embodying within one organization, archi¬ 
 tecture, construction, equipment; that we will take a 
 vacant lot or an old building and turn it over to the 
 banker a complete structure in every respect. 
 
 Arckitecture 
 
 The modern bank, with the many services which it 
 offers to the public, has led to the development of a 
 distinctive type of buildings—buildings that express 
 in their architecture something of the dignity and sub¬ 
 stantiality of the institution. To design such a building 
 and make it not only beautiful and impressive, but 
 practical and utilitarian, is the work of experts. A 
 knowledge of the workings of each particular bank— 
 which can be gained only through the knowledge of 
 many banks—of the many conveniences that can 
 he incorporated into a banking structure, of the 
 proper arrangement of the building so that it will best 
 serve the public and thus serve the banker—these 
 things, combined with an eminently practical knowl¬ 
 edge of costs gained through close connection with 
 
 Pagje Three 
 
an active Construction Department, make our ser¬ 
 vices as architects invaluable to bankers. 
 
 Construction 
 
 To relieve the banker of the trouble and risk of petty 
 contract letting; to remove from his shoulders the 
 weight of the continual discord arising between sub¬ 
 contractors, and to facilitate the carrying on of the 
 work in bank-building construction swiftly and accu¬ 
 rately; is the purpose of our Construction Department. 
 
 When we undertake the construction of a building 
 the work progresses smoothly under the skillful direc¬ 
 tion of an experienced superintendent who is familiar 
 with bank construction work and the handling of men. 
 
 Realizing that it would not be good business, either 
 for ourselves or for the banker, to erect a building and 
 disregard the people with whom the bank is doing 
 business every day, we purchase all possible materials 
 from the local dealers, and, everything being equal, the 
 local dealer is given preference. Many times, laborers, 
 carpenters, brick masons, etc., are available in the 
 vicinity in which the building is to be erected and we 
 invariably employ these men, if competent. However, 
 stone setters, marble setters, fixture erectors—the pick¬ 
 ed mechanics necessary to direct the work—are taken 
 from our own experienced forces. 
 
 Because we have studied the best methods of bank 
 building construction and are in a position to demand 
 prompt delivery of materials, and because the delays 
 caused by subcontractors hindering one another are 
 eliminated, we are able to make the period of construc¬ 
 tion twenty to thirty per cent less than what the aver¬ 
 age contractor would take for the same class of building. 
 
 Page Four 
 
Reconstruction 
 
 In another portion of this book we have treated 
 rather at length on reconstruction and alteration of 
 bank buildings under our service. 
 
 Equipment 
 
 The working out of a harmonious interior for a beau¬ 
 tiful banking structure is one of the most important 
 functions of our service. The proper decoration in soft 
 tones, the color schemes of marble, bronze and wood, 
 and the harmonizing of all the different elements are 
 the ideals we strive for. No matter how substantial 
 and pleasing the exterior of a building, unless the in¬ 
 terior is in keeping and the arrangements practical and 
 useful, the result sought for is lost. 
 
 Our general offices are combined with our fixture 
 factory and works in St. Paul, where all of the cabinet 
 woodwork, fixtures, special furniture and miscellaneous 
 items of fine woodwork are produced. These shops 
 are owned and managed by us, in connection with the 
 other branches of our business. Moorman cabinet 
 shops were noted for skillful designs, workmanship and 
 beautiful finish many years before the Architectural 
 and Construction Departments were organized. 
 
Our Service Includes 
 
 First. The design, construction and equipment of 
 bank buildings, complete under the single contract 
 method. Under this plan we carry on the work from 
 the tentative proposition in the form of preliminary de¬ 
 signs, through the production of the completed plans 
 and specifications, the entire construction, equipment 
 and completion of the building, turning it over to the 
 banker a completed structure in every respect, under 
 a single contract which includes the entire work. 
 
 Second. The cost plus a fixed percentage plan, 
 wherein we undertake to design, build and equip the 
 building complete, for the actual cost of the labor, ma¬ 
 terial and expense involved, plus a fixed percentage 
 for our service. 
 
 Tliird. Architectural services to bankers in case 
 the foregoing methods would not be practical, or the 
 banker would prefer to sublet the work under different 
 contracts. Under this method we act only as architects 
 furnishing complete contract plans and specifications 
 and giving expert superintendence of the work, should 
 the banker so desire. In each case where we act as 
 architects, our client has the benefit of our experience 
 in the actual construction of bank buildings for many 
 years. 
 
 F o virtli. The complete equipment of bank build¬ 
 ings, whether the architectural or construction work is 
 executed by our Architectural or Construction De¬ 
 partments or by other architects and contractors. 
 
 Page Six 
 
TO PARAPHRASE: OUR SERVICE 
 MAY BE SUMMED UP UNDER 
 THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS: 
 
 THE DESIGN. CONSTRUCTION AND 
 COMPLETE EQUIPMENT of BANK 
 BUILDINGS UNDER THE SINGLE 
 CONTRACT METHOD. 
 
 THE DESIGN. CONSTRUCTION AND 
 COMPLETE EQUIPMENT of BANK 
 BUILDINGS UNDER THE COST, 
 PLUS FIXED PERCENTAGE PLAN. 
 
 ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE ONLY 
 FOR BANKS WHERE THE FORE¬ 
 GOING METHODS WOULD NOT 
 BE PRACTICAL OR THE BANKER 
 WOULD PREFER TO SUBLET THE 
 CONTRACTS. 
 
 THE COMPLETE EQUIPMENT OF 
 BANK BUILDINGS. 
 
K A N D I O H I COUNTY BANK 
 
 Pa^e £igKt 
 
\\ M L L M A R , MINNESOTA 
 
 T his building is an excellent example of a 
 monumental structure for the exclusive use 
 of the bank. It is forty by seventy feet in 
 size, built at one side of a fifty foot lot so as to 
 afford light on all sides, and although more than the 
 usual two story height it is but one story with a 
 mezzanine floor. 
 
 The exterior, showing strength and integrity in 
 every line, is Bedford stone with the base course of 
 granite. 
 
 The interior is in the finest of marbles and woods 
 and in spite of the width is spanned without a post. 
 The ground floor is divided into many rooms for the 
 convenience of the bankers and customers. The 
 directors ’ room is on the mezzanine floor. 
 
 The building is one of the finest in the state and one 
 of which Willmar and the bankers are justly proud 
 
 Page Nxne 
 
BEAVER V A L L E STATE BANK 
 
 T his beautiful building, in Italian Renaissance 
 architecture conveys vividly to the public the 
 substantial character of the institution which 
 it houses. 
 
 The question of whether a new building is an aid 
 to larger deposits is ably answered in the following 
 quotation from a letter written to us, by Mr, Tammen, 
 the cashier, two months after they moved into their 
 new quarters. 
 
 ‘‘Business is going along nicely with us. We are 
 issuing a statement to the department today showing 
 our deposits over $1,508,000.00. Our deposits have 
 shown an increase, since the day we moved into the 
 building, of $186,000.00: all on account of the new 
 building, don’t you thinki*’’ 
 
 Page 
 
 TTTT FT 
 
PARKERSBURG, IOWA 
 
 Three Views Showing Several of the Rooms and the Vault Door 
 
 Page Eleven 
 
CITIZENS STATE BANK 
 
 Pa>*e Twelve 
 
N E U L M , MINNESOTA 
 
 A general view of tKe interior 
 
 A ONE STORY exclusive bank building 
 forty by seventy feet in size with a 
 twenty-two foot ceiling. The structure 
 is absolutely fireproof, having concrete floors 
 and roof. It is situated on a fifty foot lot so 
 as to afford light on all sides. 
 
 The design of the front is strong and mas¬ 
 sive, built of Bedford stone with copper cov¬ 
 ered window frames and sash. The interior 
 is designed to harmonize with the general 
 effect in quarter-sawed oak and English 
 veined Italian marble. 
 
 Page TKirteen 
 
FIRST NATIONAL BANK 
 
 I Bis only fitting that thelbuilding erected for one of the most 
 substantial banks in Nebraska should be of a design in keep¬ 
 ing with the institution. The dignity and impressive state¬ 
 liness of this building are all that could be desired. 
 
 The exterior is of brick and Carthage marble. The entire 
 first floor is used for the bank while the second story is divid¬ 
 ed into modern offices. The interior is of French Tavernelle 
 marble and mahogany. The ceiling is attractively paneled 
 by the use of plaster beams. 
 
 It is such buildings as this that are fast bringing Nebras¬ 
 ka to the front as one of the most progressive states in the 
 Union, as their influence on the erection of other buildings in 
 the future cannot help but be felt. 
 
 Pejje Fourtee 
 
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA 
 
 Po^je Fifteen 
 
BANK OF CANB^^ 
 
 M ore and more are bankers coming to realize that fire¬ 
 proof construction is the cheapest construction in the 
 end. The Bank of Canby had a very costly object 
 lesson is this when their old building burned recently, gutting 
 everything but their vault, and their new structure is as fire¬ 
 proof as modern construction permits. 
 
 In this building only a portion is used for banking purposes, 
 the remainder bringing in a good income from the rentals. 
 
 The exterior is of semi-enamel brick and terra cotta and the 
 general effect of strength and beauty without over-ornamenta¬ 
 tion is all that could be desired. 
 
 The interior tends to break away from the usual marble 
 and is carried out in finest American walnut in a design that 
 is harmonious with the simplicity of the exterior. 
 
 An appropriate and substantial building for the use of one 
 of the largest banks in southern Minnesota. 
 
 Page Sixteen 
 
C A N B ^ 
 
 MINNESOTA 
 
 An Excellent View of the Lothy. Note the Pleasing Effect Given hy the Use of 
 Wood Paneling on the W^alls. 
 
 View of the Officers Quarters Taken from the Lobby. Lockers, Telephone Booth 
 and Filing Case are Built into the Fixture Shown in the Background. 
 
 Page Seventeen 
 
D^'SART SAVINGS BANK 
 
 A n unusually massive design of building attained 
 with a pleasing combination of Indiana Lime¬ 
 stone and variegated rough brick. While this 
 building is located on the corner the sidestreet is rel¬ 
 atively unimportant, so we have concentrated the 
 ornamentation largely in front. Note the stairway is 
 built on outside of the building proper, thus giving a 
 clear bank room with a square ceiling and also con¬ 
 venient access from the street to the basement so that 
 it can be rented. 
 
 Page KigKteen 
 
D S A R T 
 
 Tlie Spacious, Well-LigKted Interior, witK Fixtures Designed RatKer Difi*erently from tKe Usual Trend. 
 
 Compare Tins Cut of tKe Original SketcK. Nlade Six MontKs Before tKe Building Was Completed, wiiK tKe 
 PKotograpK of tKe Final Result. Note How Carefully Every Detail is AdKered to and WKat 
 a Good Idea Can Be Gained from tKe SketcK as to W^Kat tKe Final Result Will Be. 
 
 Page Nineteen 
 
MANHATTAN STATE BANK 
 
 T here is no more substantial expression 
 of a strong and successful bank than the 
 erection of a new building. It not only 
 expresses the banker’s pride in his institution 
 hut his pride in his city and its future. 
 
 This building is fireproof, thirty-five by sixty 
 feet in size. The exterior is of Bedford stone 
 with the base course of granite. The four 
 Doric columns and the balustrade lend dis¬ 
 tinction to the design. 
 
 The erection of such a building as this in a 
 town of six hundred people shows the bank to 
 be one of the ‘‘biggest little” banks in the state. 
 
 Pa^e Twenty 
 
K4 A N H A T T A N 
 
 MONTANA 
 
 TKe Lobby Looking Toward tlie Front. 
 
 View of tbe Working Space. 
 
 Page Twenty-one 
 
AK4ERICAN BANK 
 
 Exterior View of tlie BuiUing 
 
 O FTEN a bank, owning a lot facing on a side street with 
 its length extending along the main business street, hesi¬ 
 tates to build as it is generally considered that a bank 
 building must have greater length than width to facilitate a 
 convenient arrangement. 
 
 In the case of the American Bank we have made use of such 
 property to very good advantage. The impressive design is 
 of brick and Carthage marble, the center portion of the front 
 being entirely of marble, while the side and the rest of the front 
 is carried out in a combination of brick and marble. 
 
 After having used the building for more than a year the 
 hankers express the opinion that they have one of the most 
 convenient and beautiful banking structures in the state. The 
 great width permits of an unusual display of bank counter and 
 all of the conveniences of a modern bank are included in the 
 plan. 
 
 Sidney and Western Nebraska may well be proud of this build¬ 
 ing and the expression of faith and pride so aptly shown by the 
 president in a bronze tablet on the exterior of the building. 
 
 Page Twenty-two 
 
 
SIDNEY. NEBRASKA 
 
 Page Twenty-three 
 
FIRST NATIONAL BANK 
 
 
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 F ormal lines and simplicity in design lend strength to 
 this impressive structure. The front is of Bedford stone 
 with base course of granite, and the doorway is attrac¬ 
 tively accentuated by heavy columns and a pediment. 
 
 Here again we have spanned a \'ery wide room by the use 
 of steel girders, giving the interior a \ ery much more spacious 
 appearance. 
 
 The color scheme of the interior is monotone, and, like the 
 exterior, depends upon its simplicity of design for its beauty. 
 All of the con\’eniences of a modern bank are afforded by an 
 unusually comprehensible and workable layout. One of the fea¬ 
 tures is the use of two separate \’aults on either side of the 
 room, one for the safe deposit customers and one for the bank. 
 
 The solidity of the appearance of the structure is most 
 harmonious, as the bank is one of the most ably directed and 
 substantial institutions in the state of Wisconsin. 
 
 Page Twenty four 
 
C O L U M BUS, W 
 
BANK OF GLENCOE 
 
 Glencoe, Minnesota 
 
 A UNIQUE design for a narrow building, of 
 brick and terra cotta. The color scheme 
 and the detail of the terra cotta are very 
 pleasing. The entrance to the second story is 
 through the building at the left, leaving the 
 ceiling of the banking room clear. 
 
 The interior is of marble with quarter-sawed 
 oak woodwork in Early English finish. 
 
 Pajle Twenty-six 
 
FARMERS STATE BANK 
 
 SeriLner, Nebraska 
 
 T his one story building, for the exclusive 
 use of the bank, is one of the most strik¬ 
 ing designs we have ever developed. The 
 exterior is of dark variegated brick and Indi¬ 
 ana limestone. 
 
 The interior is exceptionally convenient and 
 spacious and provided with a women’s room, 
 a waiting room, a directors' room, a safety de¬ 
 posit room, and all of the other conveniences 
 so necessary in a modern bank. 
 
 Page Twenty-seven 
 
Mr. T.'ylcr Looking Over 
 tkc Work. 
 
 Mr 
 
 McGovern, tlu 
 f ore man 
 
 ON THE JOB AT COLUMBUS. WISCONSIN. 
 
 Fulton Bank. Fulton. Illinois, 
 WHIe Under Construction. 
 
 Just Alter Removing Exterior W^alls 
 at Battle Creek. Iowa. 
 
 Building at Eagle Grove. Iowa. 
 Nearing Completion. 
 
 Page Twenty-eigkt 
 
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK 
 
 Grand Ra|)]cls, W isconsin 
 
 T his three story design has been exception¬ 
 ally well handled. The facing is Carth¬ 
 age Marble. Ample light is obtained 
 from the front to light the lobby and front 
 rooms, while the working space is lighted from 
 the rear. In a city where rental values are 
 high this type of structure is exceptionally 
 economical. 
 
 Page Twenty-ntne 
 
CITIZENS STATE BANK 
 
 Tracy, Minnesota 
 
 S turdiness and strength are expressed 
 in every line of this all Bedford stone 
 building. The first story is used for bank¬ 
 ing purposes only, while the second story is 
 divided into modern offices. 
 
 The extra width of lot in this case permits 
 the construction of the stairway on the outside 
 of the building, leaving the banking room ceil¬ 
 ing clear. 
 
 Pajje Tliirty 
 
T he Exterior of the BailJing of Re<3 Sandstone with Polished Granite Columns 
 
 Lobby. 
 
 Commercial 
 State Bank 
 
 Two Harbors, 
 M innesota 
 
 Page Thirty-one 
 
Pa^e TTliirty-lwo 
 

 Page TKirty -tliree 
 
FIRST NATIONAL BANK 
 
 Gary, Soutli Dakota 
 
 A REMARKABLE design for a one story 
 building on an inside lot. The exterior 
 is of Indiana Limestone and the rustica¬ 
 tion and heavy columns lend strength to the 
 design. The interior is amply lighted from the 
 front and the working space is flooded with 
 light from a skylight. 
 
 Page TKirty-tour 
 
An 
 
 Impressive 
 
 Kireproot 
 
 Huilding 
 
 witK 
 
 Front 
 
 of 
 
 BeJforti 
 
 Stone 
 
 anJ 
 
 Side 
 
 of 
 
 Brick 
 
 and 
 
 Stone. 
 
 P irst Bank oi Grantsbu rg 
 
 Orantsburg, Wisconsin 
 
 A 
 
 Good Indication of the Satisfaction M 
 Wkere We have Built More Than 
 
 oorman Service Gives in the Many Instano 
 One Bank Building in the Same City. 
 
 es 
 
 An 
 
 Attractive 
 
 Design 
 
 Carried 
 
 Out 
 
 in 
 
 Dark 
 
 Brick 
 
 and 
 
 Bedford 
 
 Stone. 
 
 First National Bank 
 
 Gnintsburg, Wisconsin 
 
 Page Thirty-livi 
 
State Bank 
 
 of 
 
 Cvimberland 
 
 Cumberland, 
 w iscorsin. 
 
 By b ui Ulrg tbirty- 
 lliree feet wide on 
 fl fifty foot lot 
 ligkt IS afforded on 
 all sides end the 
 building IS very 
 well set off. 
 
 Temporary 
 Building 
 for tlie 
 
 Citizens 
 
 National 
 
 Bank 
 
 H ampton, 
 Iowa. 
 
 Instead of tbe Usual Unsightly Tar Paper Sliack the Bank Here Occupied this Clean. Comfortable Littl 
 Home wKicK was Easily IVl oved to Another Location and Used as Living 
 After the Bank was Through with it. 
 
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 page Thirty*§ix 
 
Tlie Exterior ot tke Building is Bedlord Stone with a Granite Base. 
 
 NORTHERN MONTANA STATE BANK 
 
 Big Sandy, M on tana 
 
 Page ^Phirtj'-seven 
 
PEOPLES S A \0 N G S BANK 
 
 A REMARKABLE building on a very narrow lot. 
 The design is made to give the effect of a three- 
 story building altho the structure is two stories 
 in height with Mezzanine floors in the front and rear. 
 
 The exterior of the building is of brick and Terra 
 Cotta, with a bronze balustrade pleasingly worked 
 into the design at the Mezzanine floors. 
 
 Page 'I Kirty->iglit 
 
 
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 \' I N T O N , 10 W A 
 
 T he ceiling in the main banking room between 
 Mezzanine floors is eighteen feet in height and 
 
 adapts itself to a highly ornamental treatment 
 in ornamental plaster relief work. 
 
 The stairs to the front and rear Mezzanine floors 
 lead directly from the lobby and are of marble. A 
 pleasant view of the banking room is afforded from 
 above by an attractive treatment in casement win¬ 
 dows . 
 
 Pa^e TKirty-mre 
 
STATE TRUST SAVINGS BANK 
 
 West Cliicago, Ill inois 
 
 A TWO-STORY building of rug brick and Bed¬ 
 ford stone. The entire front is stone and the 
 material is gracefully changed to a combina¬ 
 tion of brick and stone on the side. The entrance to 
 the second story is on the side street, thus getting 
 away from the unsightly break in the banking room, 
 made necessary when the entrance to a second story 
 is obtained from the front. 
 
 Page Forty 
 
COMMERCIAL STATE BANK 
 
 Neil sville, Wisconsin 
 
 O NE of the most striking designs we have ever 
 developed for a narrow inside building. The 
 exterior stone is Bedford and the portions of 
 the exterior shown dark on the photograph are of 
 Cypress, painted to represent verde copper. In this 
 way the same effect is obtained without the large ex¬ 
 penditure necessary to install copper or bronze. 
 
 Access to the second story is thru the building to 
 the right. 
 
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 Page Forty-one 
 
S E C U R I T 'i' STATE B A N'K 
 
 Pa^e I’orty-two 
 
OMAHA, N E B R A S K A 
 
 T 
 
 I T is very difficult to make a graceful design for the alter¬ 
 ation of an old three-story into a two-story structure, but 
 we have admirably handled this problem in this case. 
 
 The old building was a commercial structure three stories 
 in height and the new building is two stories in height with 
 the first two floors making a high-ceiling bank room with 
 mezzanine floors front and rear. 
 
 The design is classic, of Terra Cotta and rug brick. 
 
 The beautiful interior with a twenty-four-foot ceiling is 
 everything that a bank could desire. All of the light must 
 come from the front and rear so we have thrown practically 
 the whole of these walls into large glazed arches. 
 
 The mezzanine floors afford ample auxiliary working space 
 and consultation room. 
 
 It is the solution of many problems such as this that makes 
 our organization the foremost of its kind in the country today. 
 
 Piige Jorty-tKretf 
 
FIRST NATIONAL BANK 
 
 T his well balanced design has been worked out 
 on an odd shaped lot. The building while 
 thirty-two feet in width at the front is only 
 twenty-one feet in width at the rear. The exterior 
 is of brick and stone and altho the design gives the 
 effect of a two-story structure it is one story with a 
 high ceiling. 
 
 It is in cases such as this, where a difficult problem 
 must be solved, that our many years of experience 
 in bank construction are particularly valuable to 
 bankers. 
 
 Page Forty-four 
 
P O M E R O Y , 
 
 IOWA 
 
 T he interior is interesting, as good use is made 
 of every foot of space in spite of the odd shape 
 of the building. 
 
 The stairway leading from the public lobby to the 
 mezzanine floor affords access to the large women’s 
 room. Erom this room a view of the banking room 
 is afforded thru casement windows, which can be 
 closed, making the room soundproof if desired. 
 
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 ■1 
 
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK 
 
 Wintersct, Iowa 
 
 T his substantial Bank, Office and Garage build¬ 
 ing will bring in an excellent return on the in¬ 
 vestment. The directors of the bank have 
 formed a separate corporation to build the structure, 
 and altho the work has just started at the printing 
 of this issue all of the space is rented on long-time 
 leases. 
 
 The building is 88 by 132 feet in size, two story 
 and full basement. It is absolutely fireproof. The 
 bank will occupy the corner portion of the first story. 
 
 Page Forty-six 
 
THE TARKIO VALLEY BANK 
 
 T he essentials of a bank exterior are dignity, 
 solidity, pure architectural design and a no¬ 
 table contrast with the surrounding buildings. 
 
 In this building we have capably met all of these 
 requisites. This structure is planned to utilize every 
 inch of the space available and will meet the normal 
 needs of the institution it houses for many years. 
 
 The exterior is of Bedford stone and pressed brick. 
 
 The interior is attractively designed in mahogany 
 and marble. 
 
 Page I‘orty-seven 
 
Banking Corfioration of A4ontana 
 
 Helena, Montana 
 
 A. Largie Interior witli B.ink Counter of Bronze nncl Sienna ^-larble: Woodwork of M aliogany. 
 
 Citizens State Bank 
 
 Eagle Grove. Iowa 
 
 A. Beautiful Interior witli Bank Counter ol Italian Pavonazzo Marble. 
 
 Montana Trust ^ S avings Bank 
 
 Helena, Montana 
 
 A M akogany Interior witk \^erde Antique Marble Base. 
 
 Page Forty-eiglir 
 
Mercliants and Manufactv.irers Bank 
 
 Mil waukee, Wisconsin 
 
 Detail ol a Portion ojf tlie Tixtures. TKc Marble Work is 
 Statuary Veined Italian -witb a Verde Antique Marble Base. 
 
 A Corner of ibe Womens Room. 
 
 TKe Presidents Ro 
 
 Pa^e Forty-nine 
 
THE JACKSON NATIONAL BANK 
 
 O NE of the most imposing designs we have ever 
 developed for a wide inside lot. The front 
 IS of Indiana limestone with a gray granite 
 base. The si.x fluted columns are monumental in 
 size and the fluting lends character to them. 
 
 Ample light is obtained for the lobby and front 
 rooms from the large front windows. 
 
 This building is now under way and when com¬ 
 pleted will house one of the strongest banks in the 
 most prosperous portion of Minnesota. 
 
JACKSON, MINNESOTA 
 
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 T he interior is wholly commensurate with the 
 beautiful exterior. 
 
 The materials used are quarter sawed oak 
 and marble, and the wood-work is finished in 
 a new gray finish we have just developed. The 
 metal work is all old silver color and harmonizes 
 beautifully with the marble and wood colors. 
 
 The entire rear wall at the working space is thrown 
 into light and the entire room is planned to use 
 every available foot of space to good purpose. 
 
 Fifty one 
 
Farmers Savings Bank 
 
 M anson, Iowa 
 
 TKc Exterior of tlie Building 
 IS of Brick and Bedford Stone. 
 
 ^riiis pliotogreliK gives a 
 good view of tlie spacious 
 lobby and officers quarters. 
 Note especially tbe stairway 
 from tke public lobby to tbe 
 ■Mezzanine floor women s 
 room shown below. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 'jv jKn 
 
 
 
 ■■Hills 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tbii large women s room 
 bas proven a good business 
 builder for tbe bank. Tbe 
 windows at tbe rigbt look out 
 over tbe banking room. 
 
 Tins room is open at all 
 times to tbe women of Manson 
 and tbe surrounding commu¬ 
 nity for any meetings tliey 
 nil gilt wisb to bold. 
 
 Page Fitty«;wo 
 
Battle Creek S 
 
 Battle Cree 
 
 A Pleasing Builclin g witk a Concentrati 
 
 avings Bank 
 k, Iowa 
 
 on of Stone at ilie Main D 
 
 oorwaj'. 
 
 City National Bank 
 
 Stajpl es, Minnesota 
 
 A One-Story Building of Pressed Brick and Bedford Stone, Designed to Oive a Xwo-Story Effect. 
 
 Page r ifty- three 
 
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 A HijjK-CeilinjJ On€-Slory Building for tlie Exclusive Use of tKe Baulc. 
 
 State Bank of Townsend 
 
 Townsend, Montana 
 
 TKe Lofty Ceiling Allows tlie Use ol a Mezzanine 
 Floor Over tlie Vault for a Large Director s Room. 
 
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 f.Myr ?ACL 
 
 Page I'lity'iour 
 
State Bank of Watertown 
 
 Watertown, Minnesota 
 
 A. WiJe Building of LigKt Pressed Brick and Bedford Stone. 
 
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 - .VP(..IUTl:CTi’-.ST. paij 
 
 State Bank ol Maviston 
 
 Mauston, Wisconsin 
 
 TKe exterior Jesign 
 IS of Bedforci stone 
 and tKe wKole bu ;id- 
 mg, a 1 t li o u g It one 
 story, IS liigber iKan 
 tbe surrounding two 
 story structures. 
 
 THE SOLUTION OF A DIFFICULT PROBLEM 
 
 WKen tbc State Bank of Mauston outgrew ikeir old 
 quarters ikey lound tlie only available ground was of suck a 
 skape tkat it seemed imfrossible tkat a modern bank cculd be 
 accommodated by it. After tbe unsuccessful 
 attempts of several general arckitects to utilize 
 tke ground tke problem was turned over to us 
 witk tke result tkat tke building will contain 
 all of tke conveniences tkat a modei-n 
 bank migkt wisk. In addition to tke 
 regular banking business, facilities 
 are aftorded lor tke use of an ex¬ 
 tensive abstract busi- 
 ness carried on in con¬ 
 nection uiik tke bank. 
 
 Page I ilty-six 
 
RECONSTRUCTION 
 
 T he successful alteration or reconstruction of a 
 bank building presents some of the most difficult 
 problems in bank building construction today. 
 To take an old structure, substantially built, but 
 which has outlived its usefulness, and reconstruct it 
 into a banking plant with every facility of modern 
 construction, is often accomplished with eminently 
 satisfactory results. 
 
 The saving to the banker over the cost of a new 
 building is a considerable amount and many times the 
 old materials are of better quality than could be pur¬ 
 chased today. Excavation, foundation, inside walls, 
 partitions, floors and roof can be used, and when the 
 work is completed the building will be to all intents 
 and purposes a new structure, and at only a portion of 
 the cost. However, a great many buildings that may 
 appear to be ideal subjects for reconstruction are found 
 upon detailed examination by an engineer, to contain 
 some feature that makes it impractical to undertake 
 the work or more economical to build entirely new. 
 
 Heretofore when the reconstruction of a bank build¬ 
 ing was undertaken the element of cost was an unknown 
 quantity and many times, had the banker known what 
 the actual cost would be, he would have erected a new 
 structure rather than utilize the old one. Lender our 
 system, when we present the tentative sketches for the 
 proposed reconstruction, we include an estimate for 
 which we will actually undertake the work, thus giving 
 the banker the very great advantage of knowing what 
 the work will cost before the final working drawings 
 are completed. 
 
 In the following pages we show some examples of re¬ 
 construction work which we have accomplished. 
 
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 Tke Fairburn State Bank 
 
 Fonda, Iowa 
 
 In tKis case it was not necessary to tear tlie 
 entire exterior walls Jown. tut only tlic front 
 end a {)ortion of tte side. 
 
 Tte rest of tKe tuilding wa.s used. 
 
 Tke design IS massive end appropriate 
 and leaves no kint of tke drug store wkick 
 tke kuilding koused for many years. 
 
 Farmers ^ Mcrckants National Bank 
 
 Oakland, Nebraska 
 
 Tke old kuilding a landmark for tkirty-five years, was 
 unpretentious and inadequate for banking purposes. Tl,.. 
 bank formerly occupied only lialf of tlie building and the 
 stairway to tlie second story was taken from tlic bank side. 
 
 TKe entire front kas been removed and re¬ 
 built of Bedford Stone in a clas.uc design. The 
 stairway bas been moved to tke side end boik 
 tke first and second stories have been remodeled 
 to include all tbe conveniences of a modern bank 
 and office bviilding. 
 
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 first National 
 Bank 
 
 Rice Lake, 
 Wisconsin 
 
 Tke old bmidinjj was very substantially built but 
 not sugjjestive in any way ol a bank building. Nota 
 tlie antiquated corner entrance. 
 
 TKe building bas been entirely refaced witli 
 Bedford stone and lengthened to meet tbe growing 
 needs of tbe bank. Tbe structure as it now stands 
 IS one of wbieb any bank and city migbt well be 
 proud. 
 
An old landmark witli a corner entrance witli nctil¬ 
 ing but tbe sign to denote its use lor banking purposes. 
 Only one-helf o( tbe first story is now used for bank¬ 
 ing purposes, wlule tbe second story is divided into 
 antiquated offices and living rooms. 
 
 Tbe building as it will appear wben transformed into 
 an exceptionally beautiful banking institution of Colonial 
 design. Tbe center wall is to be removed, tbe front 
 side refaced witb stone and brick and tbe corner squared 
 up. Tbe second story will contain modern offices. 
 
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Secvinty Saving; 1 Bank 
 Eaple Grove, Iowa 
 
 An exceptional example ot tlie possibilities of 
 reconstruction. T Ke new building is of term cotta 
 in a pleasing and exceptional detail, wbile tbe old 
 building was distinguished only for its antiquated 
 features. Note tbe old store front, t\xe dormer win¬ 
 dow and tbe old-fasluoned out-of-date ornaments. 
 Tlie entrance to tlie second story is now tbrougb 
 tbe building to tbe left. 
 
 Citizens 
 
 National Bank 
 
 Tbe reconstruction includes only tbe portion to be 
 occupied by tbe banb. Tbe design is earned out 
 in Tennessee marble in a classic design. Tlie aroKcd 
 windows and tbe rustication of tbe stone L nd a different 
 tone to tbe design. ^I’lie budding is in keeping with 
 tbe bank. wKicb is one of tbe most substantial m tlie 
 State, end tbe remainder of tbe large structure was not 
 disturbed. 
 
 Hamjitoii, Iowa 
 
 Tbe bank formerly occupied tbe corner 
 portion of tbe tbree-slory hotel and store 
 building. Tbey greatly outgrew tbeir 
 old quarters and tbe remodeling took in 
 tbe store adjoining, tkus doubling tbeir 
 widtb. 
 
 
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State Bank of Anoka 
 
 Anoka, Minnesota 
 
 In tKis case a moc^el one>story bank 
 building Las been built into fbe corner of 
 a large structure. Tbe exterior is of 
 Oartbage marble witK tbe base course of 
 granite. 
 
 l^be banking floor bas been lowered to 
 one step above grade tbus giving greater 
 lieiglit to tbe ceilirg and permitting a 
 mezzanine floor wbt-re mucb of ibe routine 
 work of the bank is earned on. 
 
 Manufacturers Bank 
 
 N cw Riclimoncl, 
 
 W isconsin 
 
 ^'be eld structure occupied by a jewelry store 
 •was remodeled into a modern bank. Tbe exterior 
 of terra cotta and pressed brick bas been appropii- 
 ately designed to harmonize witb tbe name of tbe 
 bank. Tte interior carried out in oak and marble 
 embodies all tbe features so necessary to banking 
 today. 
 
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First National Bank 
 Park Raf)i(is, Minnesota 
 
 HaJ tlie word BANK teen lelt from 
 over tlie corner doorway in the structure 
 Tormerly occupied hy the First National 
 Bink there would have been nothing in the 
 appearance o{ the building to denote the 
 purpose for which it was used. 
 
 The building has been entirely refaced 
 with tapestry brick and Bedford stone and 
 IS modern in every respect and in keeping 
 with the hank. 
 
 Fulton Bank 
 
 kulton, Illinois 
 
 Many times an old two-story building 
 does not bring in enough income from the 
 rental of the second story to pay for its up¬ 
 keep. In this case we have utilized the 
 second story to make a high-ceilingcd one- 
 story bank. The bank now occupies the en¬ 
 tire structure. 
 
 The removal of the floor betuecn the flrst 
 and second stones doubled the height of the 
 banking room and the interior is dignifled 
 and impressive. 
 
 The exterior is of Carthage marble and 
 the interior of marble and wood. 
 
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