The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-09-15
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Haue addition
Commercial National
Bank at High Point to
Have Ten-StOry Home
Cost of New Bank Structure Will
Be $500, ,0OO-WilI Have $50 Offices
and Will be Located on Corner
South Main and Commerce.

At an executive meeting of the
board of directors of the Commercial
National bank, of High Point, TIES
day evening Charles c. Hartmann, of
Greensboro, was commissioned arthi-
tect for, the bank and Office building
| to be erected by the bank at am early
/ date in High Point. The new building
! will be the home of the Commercials
National bank and also provide $50 Of
fees for the growing demand in, that
city. The cost of the. completed stFT1c-
! ture will be Approximately $500 ,OOa. 1t
will be 10 stories and basement 10
Gated at the corner of South Main
and Commerce streets, and will be so
feet by 115 feet to a rear alley. tsAstf
rights have been obtained over. kthe
adjoining property on Main street so
that the building will always be fEee4
for air and light of it's neighborin9R
structures. LES
The banking quarters will occupy
the entire first floor with the excepted
of entrance and elevator lobbyot0 the
office building. Mr.. Hartmann's dH.
sign shows spacious banking room.
/ the equal Of any in design and fllfsH
in the south. The feeling of spa
| ciousness and the large, size of.nH'tA
room is emphasized bYa the omission
O1 Oil 1IIGS1tO1 S1Ilu SukkDOI %
in the banking room, the vaultedseiPE
J ing springing from the outside Ma<IsS
The banking screen will be finfsli6a IN
marble and bronzeAr~ with marble.
! pavement ia the public space ann1a0b7
bies. This room~ha been studied .fSr
the existing needs sof the bank and
also to provide for the future growth
and expansfoneof the institution -----
The safe deposit, money and book
vaults are located within view of the
public space of the. bank and0at YtAPp
rear. They will be, of the latest A{q9
sign and will provide the n1Sxirr1npal pl
SAFETY. A large working nfezzatins
is located over the trear~of' the irosngs
The presidents office and the Span4
for the bank offices all ape conp15eaieppt'
to the bank entrance: Y ;sssss t
+ a mezzanine floor at the rpnti bf
the building contains a 1aGge eirerotEs'
room, a private foyer from the bank
) apd toilet facilities. Also on t this is
floor is a committee rpom chat
serve for the various Committees Of
the bank and. organfza zatiohs 'of InPP+R6
interest In High Point, INK
), The office building will contaips R5G
I. Offices Of modern design and eqHp
: ment. Two passenger and one freigt
elevator Will serve THIS part of thf
{ building. ~ .
The architecture -of the exterior will
be simple and dignifed. The bank
E ing room floors will be finished with
ii a smooth cut granite to form the
4 base of the structure. The shaft Of
the building will be- of terra Gotta OF
p a granite color, and is designed with
an interesting treatment of pilasters
:. and Mosaic panels in birck under tl9f
window groups. >-r<>zsk
The program of the building. COM
n1ittee of the bank and the architect
: is to proceed immediately aReer He
1 completion of drawings and specfffca-
f tions with the erection of the build
l ing, so that it may be ready for oc-
: cupaney late -in-1922.-
: w. C. Holleyman, Jr., Mr.. Hart
5 mann's associate in Greensboro, stated
t that J. Elwood Cox, president of the
bank, V. A. j.. Idol cashier, and Mr..
2 Hartmann have gone to New IoTh to
2 inspect banking rooms in New York
=. city with the thought that nothlng
4 will be omitted. to give the .Conrner-
: ciai National bank home and Office
building. Of design a and usefulness Gee
f ohd to none.
:. Mr.. Hartmann is also the architect
: for the History office building oH5b7
/ Jeffersonc Standard,- Life p. insurance
E company in Greensboro and for Ahe
: banking roomAof the Atlantic Ban
e and Trust company. ..4@sE.
The Commercial NationalSBankg is
one of the leadipg institutionS1 IN Gull
ford county. The decision of t4e1 d.
rectors to build is but another Py
, that the country is fast returning t
nofmalcy. - >#$e 49,