The Lake County times., 1907-02-19
First National Bank Will
Have Fir est Interior in
North, IN Indiana.
MANY UNIQUE FEATURES
Among Them Being Public Business
Room and Reception Rooms and
Parlors For Women.

The plans have been completed for
the remodeling of the office rooms of
the First National Bank in this city
and those who have permitted to see
the plans and specifications agree that
when the work is finished Hammond
will have the finest banking estab-
lishment in Northern Indiana.
There are to be several unique and
original features which are worth
mentioning. among them being par
lor and reception room for women. to
be finished most luxuriously and a
large room that viii be open to the
business men of the city. who may
desire to meet their associates and
transact business.
If the people take advantage Of the
opportunity as they surely viii, one
rural patron will arrange to meet an
other at the First National bank here
after, and the farm Will exchange
hands then and there or should one of
the real estate men of the city arrive
at the point of closing a deal with the
president of some big plant by which
It would locate in Hammond the deal
will probably be closed in the public
business room.
The lobby Of the bank viii be richly
decorated The floors viii be or mo-
saic there will be a marble wainscot-
ing four feet nine inches high all
around and the woodwork will be of
mahogany. There will be bronze grill
work to form the cages and the steel
ceiling is to be replaced with beams
of wood
The fxtures are to be arranged in
the shape of a u" with the opening
about ten or twelve feet from the
double door entrance. and from there
1t will extend back about thirty feet.
This will permit the arranging of the
various windows along the inside Of
the curve.
There will be two windows for the
paying teller one for women. and the
other for men and 1t is assumed that
some handsome man will be given the
position as teller at the women's win
dow
There will also be two windows for
the receiving teller one for the women
and one for the men. There viii be
a draft cage and cage for the collec-
tion department. The savings depart
ment Will have cage Of its owr
and the idea will be to have these de
partments arranged 50 that the patron.
Of the bank will be best accommoda
ted
The ladies reception room Will be {
beautiful parlor there viii be rugs OF
the floors and comfortable chairs il
which to lounge and a toilet room ant
a retiring room will adjoin.
Adjacent to the ladies reception
room and parlor will be the private
office OF the president and also Of th'
cashier. In the rear OF the room larg,
quarters viii be partitioned off for tbs
directors and there will be larg,
vault in connection with this room
where all of the banks securities. ant
all except working capital Of the banl
will be kept.
In another part of the room viii b
located another vault where the money
that is handled from day to day vii
be placed when the days business /.
done This plan is expected to doubl3
insure safety.
When completed, the bank will b,
the most beautiful in Northern indiana
and every convenience viii be put il
that could possibly add to the facility
with which the business is handle,
and to the comfort Of the banks pat
rons
While the work on the interior i.
being done the business vii be trans
acted in the rear Of the building anl
it is expected that il viii take over
a month to make the improvements.