El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25
Plans Finished For Home of
the First National, First
Mortgage Co., and Amer
can Bank & Trust Co.


Plans have been completed for the
seven story addition to the American
bank building combining to cover the
entire half block between Oregon
street and the alley on san Antonio
street and extending back 112 feet in
the rear. This viii be the new home
of the First National bank and its at
filiated companies.
This bank building will have a
forntage Of 12O feet on San Antonio
in combination with the present build
ing which measures As feet on san
Antonio and extends back 10 feet on
Oregon to the small alley. The new
part will have a frontage OF 70 feet
on San Antonio street.
The estimated cost of the new build
ing is $15O.OOO making a total cost Of
100000 for the entire building. The
interior of the bank alone will cost
$4,000 and will occupy the entire
ground floor space and mezzanine floor
over the entire half block. The main
entrance will be on San Antonio street.
There viii be also an entrance from
the Oregon street side and an en-
trance to the elevator lobby on the
southwest corner. The design of the
new building will conform to the
classical lines OF the present American
building including the artistic terra
Gotta work and st Louis brick finish
frost & frost win design the exterior
and the Remington company, of Los
Angeles, which makes a speciality of
bank interiors, has been engaged TO
supply the furniture and fixtures in
GLIDING the vaults. Earl Remington,
representing the Remington company
was here recently and closed the con-
tract with the First National bank
officers for this work and the plans
accepted by the bank will make the
First National one of the finest banks
in the state.
Five times the space of the present
banking home of the First viii
be provided in the new building. The
interior will be in Grecian marble with
mahogany finish, the upper part OF
the bank counter to be of mahogany
and the base of onyx. The safety de-
partment Of the bank will be the
finest in the state OF Texas, Mr.. Rem /
ington says. 1t viii be located in the
basement and will be reacFed by a I
marble stairway leading from the main I
lobby on the first floor. The door to /
the safety deposit vault which will be /
circular and eight feet in its outside |
diameter and will be designed by /
George L. Remington who had done the 4
government vault work at Washington.
There will also be a customers room
A writing room and wOmans rest /
room will also be provided on the first |
floor thanking the entrance on the
left
An information bureau, public tele-
phone and writing desks will be ar
ranged in the southeast corner Of the
building on the Oregon street side
The main lobby will be 90 rect woe
at the front and viii taper to %
feet toward the rear where the base
ment stair will enter the lobby. On
the right of the main entrance VIII
be the tellers' cages. There viii De
Is of these individual cages. In the
rear of the cages will be a vault Tor
the safe keeping Of the books and
trucks for handling these books ana
coin. The stenOgraphers' room VIII
also be in the rear Of the cages, the
vault of the old American National 10
be removed to make room for these
work rooms.
on the left of the main entrance
will be located the offers quarters
These will include four suites OF Two
offices each. One will be private Tor /
and the other semi-priVate
with a railing between it and the
lobby Back of the offices viii be /
the directors room measuring 10 Dy 1
25 feet. The reserve fund vault VIII lace
the main lobby back OF the entrance
to the basement stairway. This VIII /
,Iso have commandments for the private
papers of the officers of the bank The
safety deposit vault will be directly
lnder it and will form the foundation
Tor the main floor vault. All OF the
woodwork viii be mahogany and the
sl<ylight for the main lobby win be art
glass and the electric fixtures OF
bronze There will be lobby extend