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New Maeiianics And Farmers lank li¥©a!s
Contemporary Designed, Larger Building
The build m; of the Me
rhanics and Formers Bank Build
in? at. 33 East Hargett Street, re
'ro 1s 3 contemporary destr.n semi- ;
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EXTERIOR OJ M,H BANK—The exterior of the ultra-modern
Mechanics & Farmers Bank heir is nude o< basically pink Norma!
ht-tek, laid m panels, emphasized with grids of aluminum strips,
relished rainbow granite. Quarried in Winner ta wa* also used.
An aluminum ciirtoin wall forms a continuance of (he entrance
SERVICE WIT« A Vlffl.r-Miv. DUi, lohnsnn - shown in the bootb of .he „ T M ,
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Use Hood System industrial Bank
jffjllfL 122 S, Salisbury
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half stories in height
Thf exterior is basically pin',
Norman brirl- laid in panels.
rmph:iV)/eu '• h cii-K of aiil
; miniim -■ trlr* A continuation
I of the entrance is achieved
h> an aluminum curtain wall
furnishing i'gbi and ventila
tion to the mezzanine and
second floors, with a border
stemming from the entrance
wav of polished rainbow gran
ite Quarried in fold Springs,
Minnesota.
i The off-street, entry features j
| a Walk-Up Tellers' Window for j
i after hotirse service, sepeial hing- j
re! Ellison aluminum doors to
| main lobby and second floor, and
| self-lighted night depository
Entering the building re
vimlv the main floor and mi>7-
ranine. The floor of public i
spare is terrareo with a pink
tinman brick wall, lined vith
i two check desks. The five
teller spares 3CCOSS ope side of
main floor have counters with
colorful leather panels cm
front, and formica. tops to
match the walnut paneled
walls in the open office at
oid of public spare.
The work space has a cork floor
with sprayed-on coustic-al plaster
ceiling and is adequately lighted
by flush type fluorescent light
in ceiling and individual lights
ion the counters In addition to the
| open office, there is a reception
: area and one private office Dt
| rectly behind reception ares, there
; is a stairway to ground floor and
j an automatic elevator serving all
| floors.
| The mezzanine directly above
I the teller counters and overlook
| inc the public space, has a front
I rail of biumcraft aluminum with
j obscure glass panels Tire floor is j
| of cork tile with plastered -wans!
j and acoustical plaster ceiling. In
j addition to the bookcepirsg depart- ;
I ment,. the mezzanine houses a di- j
| rectors' room with aluminum ’
framed class wall overlooking the i
main floor. The walls are a com- j
bination of Roman brick, plaster. !
‘and glass, with carpeted floor. Ac- !
cess to mezzanine is by stairway
and b.v elevator.
At base of stairway and elevator
; landing on ground floor, are the
| bank vault and night deposit safe.
1 with two coupon booths near. Also
! on this floor is a spacious lounge
i with concealed kitchen facilities, j
i two ceramic tile toilets, and
I room housing complete healing j
land air-conditioning facilities for
j ground, main, and mezzanine
floors. Air-conditioning fm second
floor is located in separate un-t
: on second floor
The second floor coiif.’-i r-f one
large room with two toilet room,
j private entrance and is to be rr
i copied bv the N. C Mutual LA -
| Insurance Company.
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lellrr teller Note Teller Bookkeeper Bookkeeper
Minute Banki-ig Service To You - - - With
Auto loans
• Quick and eas.\ -to-obtain Personal and
® Convenient, low cost loans for Mer
chants, Home Ow ners and Farmers
* After-hour “Walk-Up Window” service
® Low-cost or Regular checking accounts
A GOOD BANK FOR YOU
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THE CAROL INI A?
Durham Businessman Founded Bank 5Q
Years Ago; O’Kelly First Board Head
The public i.= invited tn inspect .
he new ultra-modern building »nd
facilitio-s m (he Mechanics and Far.
i miers Bank. 13 E Hargett Street.
! Thursday, August s. from S to !> ;
; P.nv, it wa announced this week
i by .? H. Wheeler, President
The At Home is planned for the j
j< int celebration of the bank's 50th |
. nmvei sai-v and the opening of the '
I now building, which occupies th, j
-itc of ijif, tirst building that was i
opened to the public in 1922.
The Mechanics an»l f irmers
B-uik vis oresnized in .l.'inu
arv 1907 by R. R Fitzgerald,
prominent Durham Negro Pus
tnr-vsj,'in and brick maker
Thr hank c. ,n open'd sot >"i i |
nc’y 'll) i, r’Qg r.prpy
O'Kelly Vice-President and
leading Method. N, c.. mer
'bant became the first chair
man of the Raleigh Board of
Management. Associated with
Mr. O'Kelly were ten promi
nent NejfM business and
professional men
fiic bank hns grown steadily
r'iice its opening. At the end of
the first year it* resources were
$40,000. Following the banking
j holiday of 19.13, the Mechanics and
I Farmers Bonk, and the Wachovia
| were the only Raleigh banking
1 iir-uses to survive the tragic holi
: day
In 10.1 t the )i?ets of the M
| anrt t Rank passed the million
m i rl. and on December 31.
* Safety liquidity for your saving through Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corp,
» New ultra modern quarters and equipment
• Experienced counseling and confidential treat
ment of your affairs
1938, She totai resources at the
combined Raleigh and Durham
offices of the bank were in ex
cess of seven and « half mil
lion dollars. Out of more than
13.000 banks in the United
States, the M. and F. Bank
was ranked 3,021. and largest
Negro bank in the world
in order of deposits held at
the end of 1956.
tn ,h-' fifty year history of the
bank there have been five presi
dents; R. B Fitzgerald. John Mer
rick, Dr Stanford L Warren. C'
U Spaulding ar.d .1. H. Wheeler
Tne Raleigh Board of Manage
ment. is composed of Dr L r
McCauley, chairman. C A. Hay- :
wood. J. E. Strickland. 7 S. Ste*c-
PAGE FIFTEEN
art. and .1 H Wheeler
i The Mechanics and Farmer.
Bank ie composed of three mod
ern offices, the main office is lo
cated in the heart of Durham’s
lousiness district, and a recently
completed branch is located in the
North Carolina College section o'
Durham. The new Raleigh office
represent,- a significant addition to
the other modern facilities main
tained b> the hank The Raleigh
hank, «hich will be formally op
ened Thursday, reveals a contem
porary designed semi-fireproof
structure of two and a half sto
ries in 1-fieht.
The second floor of th* building
is occupied by the Raleigh District
of thi North Carolina Mutual Life
In.surrr.ee Company These offices
will also he open for inspection by
the public from 5 to 9 p.m. Thurs
day The hoin- office of this com
pany 1= located in Durham At the
end of 19.17 it had 5.1 million dol
lars in resources and 236 milion
dollars of life insurance in force
1 DR! V ~. SAFELY