Evening journal., 1919-10-18
HANDSOME BANK
FOR SAYINGS FUND
Will Extend From Market to
King Street, With 90 Feet
Frontage
EXTERIOR TO BE OF
MT. AIRY GRANITE


The proposed new ediflce for the vii
minglon savings Fund Society win be
one OF the finest banking structures in
this part of The country, according TO
the plans drawn by the architects and
contractirs, lloggson Brothers, Of New
3 York.
Officials OF the savings Fund have
been quietly maturing plans for their
new structure for a long time.
With the dupont building the City
and County Building the proposed new
Public Library building facing Rodney
square, and the proposed structures of
lhe Wilmington savings Fund Society
and the Delaware Trust Company only
O. block distant. Wilmington viii have
M uptown business district Of which
she may weel feel proud.
10 is thought that work on the new
1uilding will start about the first OF
he year, and IL is hoped 10 complete
{ blythe end Of 1920. Meanwhile the
bank Will have 10 flnd other quarters,
put none has yet been chosen.
An official Of the Savings Fund said
his morning mat +. G.. ll0ggsOn
brothers were chosen as the architects
lecause they make a specially Of bank
jNldings.
The building will occupy a space 2i0
'y 60 feet. In order 10 do this. the ad-
dining property, now occupied by the
.. W. e.. A. and The +. ". Ry0n Optical
company. will be taken In. The plot
low owned by the Society viii be in
luded. The structure viii be a. feet
iigh on the Market street elevation,
nd - feet in elevation on the King
treet side. This difference in The
eight Is due 20 the downward slope
rom Market 10 King street.
The design OF the new home Of the
savings Fund Society will be OF the
,or.nlhian order -Four great columns.
s feet in height are included in the
iarket street elevation. while no less
han i3 modified C0rinihian columns
viii grace the Ninth street elevation. IN
he rear, along King street. there will
De- four columns. similar 10 those along
smith street. All OF these columns Will
)e % feet In heights. and built up IN
ieveral drums" or sections
Tile cornice and the detail under the
'0rnice Will be decorative i'm design.
put not elaborate. The ensemble will
give an effect Of gradeur and simplicity.
and the perspective as seen from Ninth
and Market streets Wili' Doe especially
Impressive.
The base OF the exterior Will De OF
Mt. Airy granite. while the main rising
walls viii be Of Indiana limestone or
Bedford" stone as 10 Is known among
architects. This stone has been used
very successfully on some or the largest
structures in New York city, and is
famous for It's durability and appear
dnce. The exterior OF the main and
mezzanlne floors of the dupont Build
ing Is composed Of This stone.
The cOrnice Will be surmounted by o
stone bauster. running completely
around the building. Between the col
inns on the Ninth street side VIII he
Twelve large steel sash windows. insur-
ing excellent lighting facilities within
The bank.
street font will be Of bronze. and or an
elaborate classical design. There Will
be another fine entrance 10 the lMse-
nent on the Ninth street elevation.
An innovation Of the proposed new
structure will be the provision OF i',ss'
feet OF floor space. Tor rental 90 outside
firms. In the basement along King
Street three stores viii be provided for
and another will find room in t4e base
nent along Ninth street Above iileSe
torres there will be threee floors lin
he rear portion OF the building Tor
.ent The sub-hasemenl IN the rear
iIso. will probably Doe rented TO-. ONE
,uiside f-m. The taking mp OF This
mace. however. Will leave ample room
'or the Savings Fund Society.
The banking room will bee one Of the
.rgost il not the largest. in Delaware.
rho ceiling height will be % feet, and
he big chamber will be- - by 100 feet
n size This gives cubical contents of
nore than 10000 feet, in the one room
alone.
ON the first floor Of the bank proper
ne banking facilities will be found.
rhe rooms Of tile officers viii be placed
,long the Ninth street side Of the main
,anking chamber. and rest and toilet
rooms for the public will be provided
for on the same floor The 10or Of thu
,ublic space will be of Tennessee pink
marble. while the counter screens VIII
De OF Handsome bun marble.
The ceiling OF this room will be
aslef!Illy paneled and the egg and dart
motifs will obtain, both on the inside
md the outside Of the structure. Three
yreat chandeliers will depend from the
ceiling. and DOric pilasters Will De
placed at intervals completely around
The chamber.
ON the mezzaine floor will be found
the committee rooms and the mana
gers room. with reniable space in the
rear.
The structure will be flre-prOOf
on the Ninth street eleva-
tion. near the King street end. viii be
found the Roman numerals AlDCCCNNll
1892. and on the Market street end Of
ihe same elevation MDCDNN 1920 the
iates Of the founding Of the bank and
the erection OF the new home OF the
society. Beneath the dates on each end
or this elevation will be the great seal
OF the Savings Fund Society.
IIoggson Brothers will attend to every
Thing in connection with the structure,
from the drawing uf all the plans neces-
sary, to supplying Of the curtains IN the
finished building.
JEWEL THRONE WILL BE SOLD.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. iS.-The
Turkish government proposes TO sell
he famous Peacock throne, brought
from India 10 Persia after the loot OF
Delhi and afterward captured by the
Turks. Few occidentals have seen The
throne which was described by a