The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-03-24
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Opens in its New and Elegantly Fur
niShtd Quarters.

The Furnishings Not Surpassed South
of Philadelphia-A Brief Descrip-
ton of the Interior of the Bank
The Building Cost $4,000.
The handsome building with mas
sive brown stone front, on Liberty
street, will always catch the eye of
the stranger, and a peep through the
strongly protected plate glass win
dows would make wall street bank
er feel at home
Here is the new, comfortable and
elegant quarters of the First Nation
al bank in which the bank is doing
business for the first time to day.
The building is a three story brick
structure, with two store rooms and
the apartment occupied by the bank
fronting on Liberty street. The up
per floors are occupied by officers,
and the elegant quarters of the Twin
City Club are directly over the
bank. The banking office is second
from the corner. You enter through
heavy oaken double doors, beneath
an arch of brown stone supported on
either side by huge brown stone pill
lars.
hen the massive doors have
closed behind you, you are in the
handsomest and completest banking
Office in North Carolina, and one that
is unsurpassed inthe convenience and
elegance of its ppointmentss south of
Philadelphia.
The spacious room outside the
counter, for customers, has a beauti-
full tile floor and two handsome desks
for drawing checks and making out
desposit accounts stand convenient
ly, one on either side the door. In
the tile floor in large letters, front of
the door, are the words, First Ma
tional Bank"
The counter of heavy antique oak,
beautifully carved, extends around
| from the left wall leaving broad hall
way along the right side of the build
ing. The counter is mounted with
strong steel railing. Il door of the
same material affords the opening in
to the banking office proper
Every member of the working force
of the bank has a place for himself
hSSlS UduO CdSllIeI L eSFdIu receives
| the cash over neat slab of marble,
and has plenty of room to turn
around in his own apartment of steel
Paying Teller Crutchfield has a SINH
lar cage that is equally safe.
t There is plenty of desk room for
| the book-keepers, and Cashier
Alspaugh has very handsome pri-
vate office in the rear. Just back OF
this is the Presidents private office,
and in the extreme rear of the build
| ing is very coy room for the direc-
tors. 1t looked very comfortable
this morni1 with it's bright new car
pet, the giant furniture and blazing
| wood fire.
To the left of the cashiers private
office is the safe vault. This is built
of imported fire proof brick and is
heavily lined with iron. The Hall
safe is one of the finest that is made.
1t has a time lock, and is a beautiful
piece of mechanism. 1t is as near
burglar proof as safes are made. It's
| weight is Is, 900 pounds. The cabinet
| files, the large receptacle for books,
papers and records are models of con-
venience, The entire furniture is an
tique oak and the papering and all
the interior finish is superbly ele-
CANT.
The building cost $40 900 and the
furniture So, 800
The first deposit this morning was
| made by Mr.. Robert Noefeet while
| the first check was cashed for Mr. R.
| L. Crawford.