Evening star., 1926-10-10
CHEVY CHASE BANK
WILL 0PENFR|D
Gala Day Planned When New
100000 Building Is
Shown to Public.

Next Friday evening Chevy Chase
Will celebrate the opening of the new
100000 Chevy Chase Savings Bank.
at Connecticut avenue and Morrison
street, invitations having been sent
out to Washington bankers and bust.
ness men as we'll as to officers of
many suburban banks and to the
banks own depositors. The new home
will be open from Z to 10 and the
event will mark a very important
event in the history Of this thriving
institution. The handsome building,
which has an especially fine location,
was planned by Arthur B. Heaton,
the Washington architect.
The building is designed in the man.
ner of the earlier period of the Ital,
ian Renaissance. The exterior walls
are of Briar Hill sandstone, of pink
ish cream color, with flushings of
brown and purple. The base is of
dark gray polished granite. The only
ornamental features on the front con-
sist Of the name of the bank In dark
bronze letters, simply carved door
way Of st. Genevieve marble, and four
placques, two on each elevation, the
two on the Connecticut avenue side
representing George Washington and
Pierre L'Enfant and the two on Nor
rison street showing conventional
motifs from the national currency.
Interior Most Attractive.
The interior is designed to give an
air of dignified hospitality. The walls
and ceilings are executed in putty-col-
ored troweled plaster. The ceiling is
groined vault, springing from pilaster
caps of nodded allegorical figures
representing the national currency
and the principles Of thrift and pros
perity. For the floor of the lobby
Tennessee marble with travertine
border has been used. The tellers'
windows are most conveniently ar
ranged and attractively designed. In
addition to the banking facilities on
the first floor are Offices for the bank
officials, ladies' room, committee room,
and safe deposit department. The
vault is employed as a massive fea-
ture of the interior design. On the
mezzanine floor are working and ME
rooms and a large board room, all
attractively furnished.
The Chevy Chase Savings Bank
has enjoyed remarkably rapid growth.
It was opened on December l. 1921
with deposits Of $25 5,416.72. A year
later deposits were $I1V,1oo, duSdHS
ing rapidly each year until that
reached $471, ,102.65 on December !,
1925. On October last they totaled
$685.. .499.18.
The banks present officers include
Frederic E. harrington, president
Thomas w. Perry, first vice presi-
dent; Alfred B. Leet, second vice pres
ident: Paul Sleman. counsel; Clyde D.
Garrett, secretary; ]. Ezra Troth.
third vice president and cashier, and
P. S. Spoon, assistant cashier.
The board of directors. in addition
to President harrington, is made up
of Thomas W. Perry, Fred w. Mac
Kenzie. Paul Sleman. Clyde D. Gar
rett, Alfred B. Leet. Joseph A. Burk-
art. E. J. Murphy, Stanton c. Peelle,
John C. Walker, George P. Hoover,
r. Frederick Hatcher, Bynum E.
Hinton. S. Peacock, Thomas X. Con.
rad, William A. Mills. Frank Simpson,
Herndon Morsell, Horace e. Troth,
jr.. and John Hulse, Truman Able,
and Frank Shipe.
The bank aims to be the most
efficient kind Of a community insti-
tuition and the charter allows one
person to hold only limited amount
Of stock in order to keep 1t out of
the control Of two or three stock
holders.