New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-15
THE DRY DOCK SAVINGS BANK.

Description OF THE NEW BUIIDING-THE INTERIOR
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF ARCHITECTS AND
CRITICS.
The Dry Dock Savings Bank, formerly in
Fourth-st between Avenues and ID, opened business
Yesterday morning in it's building al the Bowery and
Tbrd-st, aud visited by large number OF people
The building begun in june 1873, after the plans of
LEOPOLD Edlitz of No 262 Broadway and has just been
completed For both architectural and practical
the structure faces the Bowey dagonay while it's other
direction is parallel with Thrd-st Standing upon the
southwest corner Of these two streets, the
building is conspicuous object from Cooper
Institute and in walking down tie west side
Of the Bowery to invite attention Its exterior
design Of the medieval architecture of the early
Gothic character II built of Dorchester sandsane
with window trimmings alternating in dark and light
stone feet the Bowery by 100 feet on Third
st. SIDE At each front is tower of moderate
hight each differing in form. The building is three stories
in hight with pOrco two stories high at the main IL
trance Three balconies the 1hirdst. side project
from the base Of the windows of the second floor The
all finely wrought and the cornces and panels OF
the porch carved in foliage The arches of the bal
eOny Of the porch supported 10y small columns Of
Scotch granite
The banking room occupies twOthirds Of the first and
second stories and 80 feet by IS feet the floor and
20 feet I'm hight The walls are of Ohio sandstone fin
ished after the the exterior, with darker
Dorchester stone for trimmings. The floor IL OF white
and black marble tile The bank desks, of rosewood are
arranged In quadrangle III the center, extending back
10 the rear OF the where 1t communicates directly
with the private rooms OF the officers by vaued arch
WAY Of stone In the banking room are four Scotch
granite columns two feet in diameter with Tuckahoe
marble capitals carved IN fruits foliage and birds, sup
porting the building above. They form square at
about one-third the distance from the windows to the
center of the and each supports 200 tons of
stone aud brick. Overhead is groined arch, whose
cd ny these AT
arches OF it's kind in this country, this is con
stmcted entirely Of iron, stone, and brick, the
Ohio sandstone prcdoninang the darker Dorches
ter which is introduced to afford contrast Around the
front end aud two sides Of the ROOM at the second story
are protecting balconies Of stone. They communicate
with the towers aud the balconies ON the side and
front immediately in the rear OF the banking room
former opening off the latter These furnished
in MAHOGANY with bright Turkish carpets and also have
walls OF finished stone. door RON the secretary
Office communicates with private stairway leading TO
the Directors room above This extends along the
the President and Secretary, and is finished
and furnished like them The third floor n reached
through the tower az tue sOWest corner OF Ihe Dud
ing Around hall in the center, y feet square, are
ssting OF paror, library, dning-roon Kitchen and
four bedrooms. They are also hnlshed as tne rooms
below wood floors however, being laid upon the brick
and The basement is occupied by the ianitor
and dressingrOOm for the clerks, the heating APP
paratus being placed under the Tagging on the Bo"ey
side. .
of the most complete, consistent and truly honest ed
fees that have been erected Manhattan Island IL
plain and substantial. and at the same time pos
sesses, what few buildings possess IN these days,
thorough consistency aud uniform truth Every Object
that appears to be stone il stone. There are no ENC
eOrnices succeed brick chimney or hath ana plaster
walls ia the Vauited arch. IL Ia not buDt i0i Snow
merely only far as an expression OF truth can make
SNOWY The officers OF the Dry Dock savings Bank are
Andrew Mills, the President; William " Webster, the
Secretary and Board of 30 Directors. IL was organ
ea I'm Isis and did business at No 6l9 East Fourths
for years when removed TO the building in FOURTH
~, between Avenues and ID, where IL remained until
removal IL ranks about seventh among the
savings banks Of the state its deposits now being over
91u