The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-08-04
Stream Of Visitors Pour Through
New Bank Building All Day
and Hospitality Is Cen
erOusIy Dispensed
INTERIOR PRESENTS
SCENE OF BEAUTY
Sightseers Ii spect Entire Structure
Elegant Fixtures Admired
Souvenirs Distributed BY
Bank and BrownsOn

With the First Natio, VI bank aud
different business firms as hoats, tAe
new First National Bank building wna
officially opened this morning and dur
ing the entire day the building was
crowded to Its capacity with sight
seers who expressed their approval Iii
The structures beauty and the com
pleteness Of detail in handling the ih
mense throng
The tour Of inspection was started
in the lobby, which was tastily deco
rated with tulips, roses asters ana
other cut flowers. and the first stop
occurred at the tables where delie
ious punch was served and where thg
visitors first experienced the hospital
ity Of their hosts. From the lobby tha
tour extended to the adjoining quas.
ters occupied by the bank, where
flowers were given as souvenirs to
the ladies and the men helped them,
selves 10 fragrant cigars. while ffDSi
an adjoining room the sueg theater
orchestra rendered a series Of delight
iul selections. The elevators then
carried the guests 70 the top flooi8
where a general inspection Of ibr
building began and continued throusA
the lower floors, back to the atart.ns
point. The visitors we're warmly vel
coined BY the business and proles.
sional men whose offices arc located
IN the building. and each We'd with the
other in an effort to make Ill feel that
they were welcome. It was estimated
at o'clock in the afternoon that BE-
tween 5000 and 5000 people had sited
the building, with the opening 10 con-
tinue until late tonight
The building proper comprises obe
o. the most completely equipped struc
lures in the state, as we'll as one of
the most beautiful, It vas designed
BY sangpinet & Stats Of Fort Worth
and constructed BY the Lisle-Iunnias
Construction company Of chickasha
Oklahoma City aud Houston. under
the personal supervision Of G. NJ. Dun
ming. F. o. Kirby was the supervising
architect.
The structure is on re-enforced ccr
crete and is fire proof throughout.
the only wood used in the constTur.
tion being the doors and interior fl1.
ishiags. which are of mahoganlzei
birch The accommodations Of the
building consist OF steam heat. eIeva.
tor and janitor service. hot and cold
water in every room and boasts feat.
uFe that Is rare among the buildings
Of Oklahoma. circulating ice water A.
drinking fountains on every floor
I The rooms on the upper floors are
given over entirely to business Of
fices. while the ground floor ia occp-
pied by the First National bank. T..
3 Brownsons drug store and the Scott
Mercantile company
The new quarters Of the First Ma
tional bank are surpassed for com.
pleteness and elegance by none ia sho
state. The interior Of the bank is fini
ished in Italian and Mosaic marble
and mahogany and the bank fixtures
are OF Italian white marble ana
bronze. The opening from the lobby
Of the building 70 the bank lobby -
Of plate glass and bronze fixtures. The
bank is equipped with modern safety
deposit vaults, vaults for the bank S
purposes, ladies' room, directors
room, set aside especially for patrons
use. The room is fitted with mahos
any desks and upholstered leather
: chairs
The main offices Of the bank az
( occupied BY Ben r Johnson, vice pres
\ ident. and r L. sluaher. cashier Thl
s cages are occupied By j. e McNeill
Y Leonard Hawn, Albert Hawn, Roy N
!, ledge, Willis Elledge and p. c Nev
e man.
r Considerable rivalry existed as Il
) who was the first depoaitor og thl
s bank when ii opened Tor buHiness
their new quarters At o'clock thl
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