Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-19
BANK PLANS ACCEPTED
MILBURN, HESTER & co. Sue
CESSFUL COMPETITORS.
Fine New Structure on G Street for
District National
Bank.

The building committee of the District
National Bank has selected from the
plans of eight competing architects. all
of this city, Milburn. Holster & CO. to
prepare plans and specifications for their
new banking building to be built at No
1406 G street northwest.
The selection was brought about after
careful elaboration on the part of the
committee. 1t was difficult undertake
ing to decide between many of the COM
peting architects, as they presented SO
many important and attractive features,
but the scheme of MilburIl, Hester 4 Co.
came nearer the requirements.
The building will be rs feet :, inches
wide by 10 feet deep. The elevation will
be made OF stone, steel and brick with
terra Gotta ornamentations. 1t will not
only be ornamental but massive in con-
structlon, both as bank and Office
building. The first story, up to the stills
of the second-story windows, will be
stone construction-the balance of the
front will be light brick with stone and
terra Gotta trimmings. The entire struc-
ture will be as near fireproof as modern
architecture can provide, with steel,
stone. brick and concrete.
The entrance to the bank, well as
to the building, will be by imposing
but short corridor in tine center of the
building. On the right will be an ex-
posed stairway built OF marble and
bronze, and to the left two electric ele
vators leading to the seven office floors
above. The entire first floor Of the build
ing will be set apart for the bank, except
so much as may be needed for stairway
and elevators.
A New Feature.
The public lobby of the bank will be
eighteen feet wide and about forty feet
deep. One side will be taken up by cages.
to be occupied by the tellers. etc. On
the opposite side the cashier. assistant
cashier and vice president will have ex-
posed sections separated from the pub
lie lobby only by bronze ratings and grill
work OF bronze, about three feet or three
and half feet high. This is fea
ture for Washington banks. but not in
some eastern cities, the object being to
give these officials greater opportunity
to meet the public. and the public to be
brought in contact with them with less
formalty.
Immediately to the front of the bank
ing room. to the right. will be President
Harpers room. and to the left the ladies'
room, about the same size. Each room
will be supplied with all necessary con-
veniences and fitted out in east India
mahogany wainscoting.
There will also be on this floor room
set apart for the of the customers
of the bank for conferences or other pur-
poses. In the rear there will be a work.
ing space for bookkeepers and other en-
plOyes. with a special vault exclusively
for the ledgers and other books used in
that department.
The height of the ceiling of the bank
ing room will be twenty feet, and will
have more than 500 square feet OF cell
ing lights for lighting and ventilating
the banking room.
At least two-thrds of the basement
will be utilized exclusively for the bank
The safe deposit vaults. thirty-four feet
long by ten WIDE eight-foot ceiling. will
be in the basement. These vaults will be
filled up with all sizes of the most
recently designed safe deposit boxes.
There will also be ample number of
booths to be used by the customers who
rent boxes.
Each of the seven floors above the bank
will have twelve modern and exception
ally well lighted Office rooms of con-
venient size, but all en- suite.
Work will be begun in January by tea ring
down the present structure, and the erec-
ton of the new building will be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible.