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34 WILMETTE LIFE June 24, 1927 OHicers of the Bank Occupy Space Eailg ' Accessible to Public The administrative officers of the State Bank a n d Tru~t company have their desks in the southwest corner of the main floor. A space has been provided there so that it is easily accessible to the public and separated from the lobby merely by a low couuter. Those who ha,·e desks in this officers' space are: \Virt Wright, pre sident; L. }. Knapp, vice president; F. U. Carlborg, cashier; A. C. Lexow. assistant cashier; and }. F. Murray , assistant cashier. Walnut woodwork is used in the wall panels, the counters and the furniture . The floor is patterned hlack and white rubber tile. The top of the counter 1 is black marble. Besides this particular section, therr is more officers' space north of the entrance. C. J. Luther. vice president, Scheidcnhelm, assistant and A. K. cashier. haYe their desks here and d.i rect the real estate loan and invest ment department. 0 M. Lagerham. ass istant ca . hier. has hi s de sk on tlH' east side of the lobby. F. ]. Scheid enhclm, cllairn1 an of the hoard. and \\'illiam A. D\-c he. chairman of the executi\'c conimitt ce. ,,·ill occupy desks in the directors' room . G. H. Tomlin son. ,·ic presid ent, and F. 0. Potter, s ecretar~· . " ·ill hr f0 t1 1HI in the tru st dcpa.r tment 0 11 thl' tl 1irrl fl oor. New Bank Building Dominates Fountain Square Ph~>to l,y Ldll v \\'illiam }one~ Smith, architect , designer of the State Bank and Tru st company's new building, i ~ a man of wide practice in bank. church anrl commercial structure designing. Outstanding among his recent contributions to Chicago architecture is the t\orthwestern university group of buildings on McKinlock campus for which he was architect in association with James Gamble Rogers of New Y nrk and his partner, Mr. Childs. Mr. Smith has called upon a broad education in architecture and a variety of experience in the designing of the new State Bank and Trust company building. Studied in Paris Mr. Smith was graduated, A. B., at the Central High school of Philadelphia in 1899, R S. in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1903, and continued his studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, where he received the A. D. G. degree in 1907. He was associated with Cass Gilbert in New York City in 1907-09, was in the employ of Holabird & Roche, architects, Chicago, in 1909-12, and since the latter year, has been a senior member of the firm of Childs & Smith, architects, Chicago. He is a member of Christ Episcopal church, vVinnetka. He'was married in Chicago, June 30, 1914, to Mary, daughter of ] efferson Van Horne, a farmer and banker of Zanesville, Ohio. They have three children, William Mitcheson, Van Horne and Sidney Culbertson Smith. He is a member of Salmagundi Club, Nev; York, Union League Club of Chicago, Cliff Dwellers, and Little \Vastebaskets under the customers' Room. desks in the main lobby of the State Bank and Trust company are of The new building of the State Bank wroullht iron. made by Samuel Yellin and Trust coiupany was started during "f Philadelphia. July, 1925. building "·as done by Samuel .Yellin. the master era ftsman of Philadelphia, who is responsible largely for the revival and improvement in wrought iron, beaten copper, and molded brass in the United States. From the shop of this blacksmith, as he calls himself, have come many notable achievements which won for him the Edward Bok award of $10,000 for 1925 to the "man who has done the most for the city of Philadelphia." Another of the honors bestowed on him is the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects. His workshop, a marvel of completeness and efficiency, has forge after forge of the old pattern with anvils, where everything is handmade. His 200 workers have all been trained by Mr. Yellin himself to execute his designs in wrought iron. Nineteen years ago he came to Philadelphia from Poland and started the department for work in wrought iron at the Pennsylvinia school of Industrial Art. His masterpieces enhance the beauty of many of the country's finest buildings. The largest commission he has executed was that for the Federal Reserve bank, New York. To carry out the contract he erected a special building and kept 100 men employed for two years. Next in size of his enterprises is t·he work on the New Packard Building of Philadelphia. Other of his handiwork is seen on the Cunard building, New York, the Harkness Memorial Quadrangle at Yale, the memorial chapel at Valley Forge, the Pierpont Morgan estate, Long Island, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Famed Craftsman of Philadelphia Creates Iron Work for Bank W. J. Smith~ Architect . Complete Facilities for All the wrought iron work in the of New Bank Building~ Travelers Are Offered by ne\v State Bank and Tru st company Man of Wide Experience , Touring Service in Bank T he ll C \\. bank building oc cupi es a mos t prominent po ,tttun in Fount ain Square and both by day and by night, \Y hcn it is flood lighted, it do m i nate ~ th e Yie\\' toward the s ~ 1n a r e fr om almost e'·cry an g-le. Th e phot ograph above lonk -- ca-; t along· na,-is st ree t . Information is supplied and all arrangements are made for travelers by I the Korth Shore Travel sen-ice affili-ated with the State B~nk and Truo.;t , lmpor!an~ Departm.e nts ~re ~early '1 · d 1· 1 1 Equa-Daatant From Mam Sta1rway company. 1 . 11s . epartment, w ~tc 1 1as Into the Lobb been oper!ttmg stnce last July, ts under Y the direction of t\\'o Evanston women, ·The center of the nt·w State Bank Miss Edna M. True and Mrs. Steib Tuthill Whipple, and Miss Catharine and Trust company building is a point B. Hooper of Montclair, N. ]., who of focus from which all desks and deacts as eastern representative. partments are systematically arranged. All have traveled widely and offer The lobby, the center of the builda high quality of personal service and ing, is surrounded by the various decounsel. The department affords com- partments. Starting in the southwest plete fa-cilities for travel arrangements; corner, there are, in order: the offices helps with passport preliminaries and of the chairman and of the president. vises, makes steamer, train, motor, air- the general administrative officers and plane and hotel reservations, arranges those in charge of loans. Then the for the purchase of travelers checb, cages follow-Discounts, Collateral, and offers facilities of banking con- Drafts and Exchange, R e t u r n e d nections abroad. It is an official agent Items, Collections, Coupons. Payroll of steamship lines, and represents all Teller, four Receiving and Paying travel companies. Tellers, Bookkeeper, Statement Clerk, The women directing the bureau have Officers' Space, Savings Department, had unusual travel experience for Real Estate Loans, Investments anrl many years. They served in France Real Estate and Investment Officers. dur!ng th.e war. with Smith Colle~e On the third floor is the Trust deRehef un_1ts, Mtss. Hooper at?d M!ss .Partment, Bookkeepers and Filing deTrue servmg l~ter ~~ Fran~e wtth M~ss partment. The Travel service has ternAnne M~rgan s Rehef .umt near SOls- porary qua.rters on the first floor, to sons. Mtss T~ue and Mtss Hooper have the north of the entrance. The safe conducted prtvate tours through Eu- dep 't ult . · th b t rope for the past six summers. Mrs. · ost va s are m ~ ase?1en : Whipple made an extensive journey The top of the entrance staars gtves around the world after the war and access to the very middle of the bank has been abroad frequently. They' have !obby. . From there, the public takes all lived abroad, and, in their combined tts busmess to any department; it experience have personally covered goes through the tellers' · hands, the most of the travel world. bookkeepers and computators in what Discriminating travelers · are finding may be an approximately straight line. this bureau useful both because of its If. such passage.s were charted, they convenient location and because of the mtght form a sptder web arrangement, com.plete and competent service it ren- so direct is the line of communication ders. of all business transactions. Employ Systematic · Layout in Bank for . Public Convenience I new Fittings on the customer desks of the The State Bank and Trust company State Bank and Trust Compans is equipped with modern facilities to are made of wrought iron. serve in all trust capacities.