Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-04-08
AN IMPOSING STRUCTURE.
The First National Bank is at Home
Again in its New Quarters.

The First National Bank building il
now complete. When the First Nation
al Bank proceeded to erect new build
ing in Custer, but very few of our citi
zens realized what 1t meant for oul
city. The owners did not start out with
the idea of throwing together lot O.
material in cheap, plain structure, bu
realizing the amount of business in this
city of various lines, the thickly settled
valleys surrounding us, our various min
ing interests, the lumber, tie and live
stock business, all of which tend to make
Custer a permanent and prosperous
place, they decided to make a modern
and comfortable home for themselves,
and to contribute their share towards
improving the appearance of our city.
They secured plans and specifications
for beautiful. cut stone building and
arranged for the convenience of their
business.
The first floor is supplied with large
fire proof vault adjacent to the banking
rooms which is provided with a system
of safety deposit drawers, for individual
use, which will be let to customers at
reasonable rates. The boxes, or draw
ers, are of the Victor manufacture, made
at Cincinnati, Ohio. While in the base
ment they have another large fire proof
vault to be used for the safe-keeping of
the books and documents of past years.
The entire building is heated by Hon
eywell hot water heating plant, and has
modern plumbing with hot and cold
water on all floors.
The building is not only provided
with gas pipes to all the rooms, but is
fully wired for electricity to all parts Of
the house. A commodious cess pool in
the rear yard cares for the sewerage.
The first story will be the banking rooms
principally, and one large well lighted
and heated Office.
The bank room is beautifully fitted up.
The ceiling is deeply pannelled metal
ceiling with a wall frieze to correspond.
A 5-foot high Daido of Linowald gives
the room an attractive appearance. The
Lobby in front of the counter has neat
tile floor. The Daido, walls and ceiling
are painted in harmonizing colors, and
the front windows have polished plate
glass and all metal sash, and metal cov-
cred pannels. The metal used is oxi-
died copper. The metal sash and met
al pannels are what is known as the
Easy Set System, and is the latest thing
out in the store front line, The tran
SONS over the plate glass 1sIndows are
made of AKA inch, three way American
prisms, which by their peculiar shape
has the effect of rejecting the light to
the ceiling, which makes the room ex.
ceedingly light and cheerful. The en-.
trance to the second story is through @
door at the side of the building, roomy
hall and stairway.
The second story is fitted up into five
large offices and bath room, each o.
which are well lighted by large win
dows. These Offices are we'll heated by
the hot water sheating system. The
floors throughout the building (othel
than the bank lobby are selected white
maple, and has three coats of floor var
nish. All the interior wood trimming,
and the stairways are solid oak, antique
finish.
The large Office on the first floor ant
the offices on the second floor will b,
for rent, with the use of the bath room
to desirable tenants.
The building was designed by A
Burnham, architect of Deadwood, s. d.
and was under his personal supervision
from start to finish. 1t is building tn,
city may well feel proud of, and on,
that would be credit to any City. l
speaks volumes for the progressivenes
of its owners.