Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1916 — New National Bank Building for Rensselaer [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

New National Bank Building for Rensselaer

The above is a cut of the front of the proposed building to be erected ,by the First National Bank. The present building owned and occupied by Rensselaer’s largest banking house, has become .inadequate and it has become necessary to have larger quarters. The present building will be wrecked and a large, modern building will be erected. It will be distinctly a •banking house, arranged with the sole purpose of handling the very large patronage enjoyed by that institution.

The new building will be one hundred and twenty feet long and twenty-one and one-half feet wide.' The front part will be but one story and will be provided with sky lights. In the rear over the vault will be a suite of rooms especially arranged for the meeting of the stockholders and directors of the institution. It will be open to the businessmen when not used by the officers of the bank. The vault for the new building has already been ordered. It will be steel lined and up to date in every particular. Besides the regular facilities, it will have in addition thereto a large number of private boxes for the use of the patrons of the bank. The contract for this improvement will ’be let in the very near future. It is the intention «of the officers to have the construction begun not later than March 1, 1917. The estimated

cost of the new building is about $30,000. The architect is A. Wasson Coen. The officers of the bank are more than pleased with his plans and they are sure that the building will be elegant in appearance and thoroughly convenient. It will be a building of which the city will be justly proud. ■Few institutions have enjoyed the splendid progress that has come to this bank. Its management is in the hands_of men who stand high in this community. They are uniformly courteous and are men wbo enjoy the confidence and esteem of all. J. N. Leatherman, the cashier, was for eight years auditor of Jasper county. His record in this office gave him a place in this county occupied by but few men. He has proven himself to be absolutely straightforward and thorough] yeffieient. J. D. Allman, the assistant cashier, is a man of highest character and of splendid ability. He was for two terms treasurer of Jasper county.

R. A. Parkison, the president of the bank, is ai man whose very name helps to give" to the First National Bank its high standing in this community. Rose A. Luers, teller, and C. E. Payne, the bookkeeper, are assistants of superior ability. ' The list of directors includes the names of Rensselaer’s most substanj tial and progressive businessmen.