The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1907-03-28
CONTRACT LET FOR
THE BANK BUILDING
WORK ON SIX STORY BUILDING
OF COLUMBUS INSURANCE
& BANKING COMPANY
WILL SOON BEGIN.
ID. $. McClanahan Secured Contract
for the Brick and Stone Work,
While f. NJ. Jacob Got the
Plumbing and Heating.

At a meeting OF the board of di-
rectors of the Columbus Insurance &
Banking Company which was held on
| Thursday last, it was decided to at
once begin work on the mammoth
six-story bank building which the
company is to erect, and contracts for
different branches of the work were
awarded. The contract for the brick
and stone work was awarded to Mr..
/ ID. S. McClanahan for $35, 900 and the
contract for the plumbing and heat
ing equipment to Mr.. F. NJ. Jacob for
| $4,000. The interior furniture and
and fixtures and the different electri-
cal apparati, which will include an
electric elevator, will run the total
cost of the building up to about sixty
thousand dollars, but the contract for
this branch of the work has not yet
been awarded.
The new structure will be erected
on the two lots now occupied by the
bank and by Johnson's millinery es-
tablishment 1t will have a frontage
of forty-six feet on Main street and a
depth of ninety feet, being, as stated
above, six stories in height The front
front will be of marble, terra Gotta
and gray pressed brick. The base of
the front wall will be of marble,
which will extend four and one-half
feet above the street level, the re-
mainder of the first story being of
terra Gotta. The building, above the
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brick, with stone and terra Gotta
trimmings, the whole being sur
mounted by a cornice of unusually
attractive design
The interior of the building will
be equally as handsome as the exte-
rior, and nothing but the best mate
rial will be used in any part Of it's
construction. The first floor, which
will be devoted entirely TO the use of
the bank, will be massive in con-
struction and luxurious in it's appoint
ments. There will be a tiled floor,
while the wainscoting will be of mar
Bile and the furniture of mahogany
and ground glass. The order for the
fixtures has not as yet been placed,
but the specifications call for a full
and complete banking house equip
ment of the latest design, and when
the building is completed no bank in
the State will have handsomer quar-
ters than the Columbus Insurance q
Banking Company.
The upper floors will be given over
entirely to Offices there being thirty
suites containing two apartments
each. These offices will all be light
and airy, will be beautifully finished.
and will have all modern convent
ences. The building will be heated
by steam, and will have an electric
elevator, while the sanitary arrange
ments will be wellnigh perfect Mr.
Hunt, the architect who drew the
plans for the building, exercised un-
usual care in providing for an abund-
ance of fresh air and sunlight, and as
a result of his work the bank will
have building which is not only
handsome in appearance, but well
ventilated and well lighted, so that
the health of those who labor therein
PEELED to work amidst insalutary sur
The contract stipulates that the
first floor must be ready for occu-
pancy by the bank on September 1st
and that the entire building must be
by the first of November.
Mr.. McClanahan will begin the work
Of tearing down the Johnson build
ing tomorrow, and then the old bank
building will be razed While the
work is in progress the bank will oc-
cupy temporary quarters in the Odd
Fellows building, having leased the
store Immediately east of the Cum
Derland Telephone Co.'S building.
The completion of this building
will mark an epoch in the CONNER
,ial history of Columbus, as it will
lot only be her first skyscraper, but
will be the handsomest and costliest
structure in the city devoted exclI-
'ively to commercial purposes.