New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-05-06
Bank Building
Now Complete
NEW HOME OF CITIZENS BANK
IS A BEAUTIFUL
STRUCTURE. "
SOME FACTS IN THE HISTORY
OF NEW ULM'S LARGEST
BANK.

Saturday saw the transfer of the
banking business of the Citizens State
Bank from the building they have oc-
cupied for more than a quarter of a
century to the splendid new modern
banking building which is the finest of
it's kind in Southern Minnesota. The
work at the bank was not quite complete
as electricians were still busy with the
wiring but for all practical purposes the
building which was begun barely year
ago is done and all the fixtures and
furnishings were in place for the opening
of business Monday morning.
The new home of the Citizens Bank,
located one door south of the Dakota
House and just across the street from
their old location gives the bank the
advantage Of familiar surroundings and
the structure itself is beautiful and COM
modious 1t was planned wholly with
a view to the housing OF the bank and
was not built to accommodate Offices
foreign to the business as are so many
/ banking buildings in the cities OF Mime
sota The entire main floor is occupied
by the working space OF the institution
and there is no second floor except that
over the vaults is built fine large
Directors room with committee room
adjacent The building is abundantly
lighted by windows set high and its
construction with it's immense walls in
changes of climate to which Minnesota
is subject. Comfort and beauty have
been considered everywhere as we'll as
utility in the making of the new home
and the owners and employees should
find themselves very happy in their
pleasant surroundings.
As one enters the building from Mime
sofa Street he finds himself in a small
vestibule finished in marble. This leads
to the lobby and directly opposite are
the various wickets OF the employees.
At the left hand side is the Exchange
and Savings Window: facing the door,
1.-The Paying and Receiving and Book
Wkeeper's Windows and on the left is the
! Loan Department. On this side are
also the Offices of the Cashier, the Presi-
dent and the private office of the latter
which looks out on Minnesota Street.
just opposite it on the north side Of the
lobby is private office for the general
public, back of it waiting room for the
public and between that and the Ex-
change room is the small room set apart
for the exclusive use of lady patrons of
the bank At the back of each of these
last named compartments is narrow
passageway leading to the safe deposit
vaults and at the end of the passageway
is another small, private room for the
use of safety deposit patrons, insuring
absolute privacy.
The vaults are wonders OF ingenuity
They are built of concrete reinforced
with six tons of rail- DAD IRON Then they
are lined with d double lining of steel
sheeting all electrically connected with
the burglar alarm The two sheets of
j. the lining are separated from each other
= by thin sheet of insulating material
but let any one drive even SO much as
a nail thru the three sheets and the circuit
is completed and the alarm will be set
ringing at once. The doors and floors
and every part of the vaults are thus
protected by the alarm as we'll as by the
mass of concrete and iron which encases
them.
The furnishings and tinishings are
beautiful and perfectly appointed. All
the wood work is in Cathedral Oak with
desks and chairs of the same. The
small accessories such as waste baskets
and letter baskets are plain, dark wicker
work to harmonic with the other quiet
tones employed. The walls are light
buff blending into rich cream overhead
with exquisite decorations as borders
for the panels, The center panel, OBJ
long in shape, has a fine wreathing of
flowers. The floor in the lobby is of
Teri aza marble and the base of the grill
ing about the working apartments is of
\ white Carrara Italian marble. The
dealing plates of the desks are of i'm
ported Belgian Black Marble and the
check desks which occupies the center of
the lobby has plate glass top. The
outer walls Of the building are Of cement
with the front of White Bedford Stone.
Complete with furnishing it has cost
between $4,000 and $4,000. The