The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-04-15

FIRST NATIONAL BANK.-This bank will re-
sumo business to-day in their new and elegant
banking house, erected on the site of the one
destroyed by the great fire, corner of Middle
and Plum streets. The new building is % 1-2
feet on Middle street, and 76 IL feet on PUN
street. 1t is three stories high, with French
attic The front is built of Connecticut brown
freestone, supported on iron columns of Egyp-
tan style. The Plum street side is of pressed
brick with freestone trimmings.
The lower story, which is IA feet high, is de-
voted to the use of the banking room, and is
fitted up in the most beautiful and tasteful
style, the finish of it being in finely polished
black ash. The banking room is IS feet long.
In the rear are two handsomely furnished
rooms, one for the Directors, the other for the
Cashier. In the former is the old vault which
stood the test of the great fire. In the latter
is the principal vault, which is as perfect and
safe as any thing of the kind can be made, and
which is calculated to stand the test of fire or
Of burglars.
The second story of this building is - feet
high, and is divided into four rooms, the front
one of which will be occupied by the Five
Gents Savings Bank The third story is II
The fourth story is 10 feet high, and has been
finished into an elegant hall, which is leased
| by the Portland Army and Navy Union. The
| entrance to these stories is on Plum street. in
the lower end of the building a
The architect of the building was Mr. t.
Newcomb, and the work on 1t, which was we'll
done by the day, was under his charge The
mason work was done by Messrs. Strout &
McConkey; the carpenter work by Messrs. G.
| Il. & l.. Il. Frost, under the superintendent
of their foreman, Mr.. jose; the painting by
John. Horr; the plastering and stucco work by
Messrs. Sheridan & Griffith; the plumbing by
! Mr.. w. A. Pearce, and the frescoing by Mr..
Schumacher. The building is an ornament to
our city, and reflects credit upon the proprie-
tors and all who aided in erecting and finish
ing it. ..,.lf s.... 81; .ff. -,rf.s,...,.. 1880
PATTENs' AUCTION RooM-Messrs. E. NJ
Patten & Co. have got back into Exchange
street in the large and capacacious store erect
| dby John Neal, Esq, one door below where
they were before being driven out by the great
fire of last July Their establishment is fitted
up with all the convenienees requisite for a,
large business. The salesroom is about ninety
| feet in length and is well lighted both front
and rear, while the cellar is finished up thor
ou2hly for the storage of goods, being plaster
ed throughout. y finer auction establishment
| cannot be found in the State.
The senior partner, Mr.. Z. NJ Patten il one
| Of our oldest auctoneers. He hung out his
sign, in 1S42, having previously been clerk in
the establishment of Messrs Webster & Bal
| ley, on the very spot he now occupies. His
| first place of business was in the store which
was on the spot where now stands the Payson
Block, and which had been occupied by Mr..
| David III. Cole as an auction Office. Subsa-
| quently, Mr.. Patten removed to the other side
| of the street. where the business was conduct
| ed for one season by Messrs. Bailey, Patten &
Co. Afterwards they removed to the south
west side of the street and continued the bust
ness until Mr.. Patten left for California in
| 1S49. In 1850 Mr.. Patten returned from Cali
fornia and re-opened an auction room in the
store which was afterwards occupied by the
Merchants Exchange When that Associa-
ton was formed, and took the building occu-7
| pied by Mr., F., he removed few doors below
| where he remained until driven out by the
fire. He then erected a building on Plum
street. which he occupied until last Saturday
About one year since he took his son into the
business.
OF the capabilities and popularity of Mr..
Patten as an auctioneer everybody knows
He has dealt largely in real estate, merchan-
| disc of all kinds, bank and other stocks ves-s
sells, &c, and has always given satisfaction
May the business Of the firm be commensur-
ate with their merits B aa.3 s.s