THE NAUMKEAG TRUST COM. 
=> PANY’S NEW BUILDING, 
ee: SALEM. 
The officers of the Naumkeag 
Trust Company, Salem, were happy 
men on Wednesday and Thursday, 
Jan. 18 and 19, when they had the 
_ pleasure of showing to their hun- 
dreds of friends, the beautiful new 
quarters that they are by this time 
oceupying in their new building cor- 
ner of Market Square and Essex st. 
For nearly a year the mechanics 
have been at work on the building 
under the general direction of 
tects. The old store has been re- 
moved and a dignified exterior of 
Colonial design, built. The windows 
on the side and rear have been low- 
interior. The entire fenestration, on 
the first story and basement, is 
guarded by heavy wrought iron 
grilles. A feature on the exterior is 
the marquise, which the architects 
have carefully designed in perfect 
scale with the exterior, and, though 
not pretentious, gives to the public 
a garriage entrance without obstruc- 
ting the light on the interior of the 
hanking room. On the marble frieze, 
on the front of the building, the 
name of the bank is inscribed in 
large bronz letters. The banking 
rooms. are planned and. equipped af- 
ter the most. modern ideas for a 
 Trnst.Company and, for conducting 
a Safe Deposit. business. 
. As one enters, the bank he is im- 
pressed with the many features har- 
moniously, and practically arranged 
for the convenience of depositors 
and, box renters and for transacting 
the, business of the bank. The en- 
tranee is guarded by massive orna- 
mental iren gates, with glass on the 
back, which open into a rich ma- 
hogany panelled vestibule, with 
marble base and floor; inner vesti- 
bule doors, with large glass panels, 
are provided that enter directly in- 
to the space alloted to the public. 
On either side of the public space 
are large ionic columns of mahogany 
any with gilded caps and mahogany 
pedestals. The floor is made of 
white Carrara Italian marble, in a 
simple pattern and the base around 
the public space is made of Tinos 
marble. The customers desks are 
made of heavy, polished plate glass, 
supported. on richly ornamented 
cast iron.consoles. 
The face of the counter and the 
partitions on the opposite side of 
the public spaces are made of sel- 
ected Mexican mahogany, with fig- 
ured, branch veneer panels of the 
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same wood. The counter grilles, the 
grilles in front of the large safe de- 
posit vault and the glazed grilles se- 
parating the public space from the 
safe deposit room are made of or- 
namented cast iron and are of a rich 
bronz color. A feature of the bank- 
ing counter grille is the method of 
lighting. A reflector, with linolight 
lamps illuminates not only the front 
and back of the counter but the 
signs designating the different win- 
dows in the grille. 
The officers’ quarters are near the 
entrance, to the left as one enters, 
and are enclosed by a low rail, 
which renders them readily acces- 
sible to the patrons of the bank. The 
rail, and the walls are made of 
Mexican mahogany with panels of 
figured, branch mahogany veneer. 
The floor is made of quartered white 
oak, stained and polished. An iron 
and mahogany screen separates the 
officers’ quarters from the working 
space of the bank. 
The President’s room opens from 
the Officers’ quarters and is panel- 
led from floor to ceiling with ma- 
hogany specially selected, branch 
veneered mahogany panels. The ceil- 
ing is beamed in mahogany with 
plaster panels. The floor is of quar- 
tered white oak. 
The ladies’ room, to the right of 
the entrance, 1s wainscoted the full 
height and is artistically painted in 
different tones of gray. The floor is 
of quartered oak. 
The ceiling of the entire first 
beamed, panelled and 
moulded in plaster and painted in 
soft cream tints. The counter and 
cages are equipped with drawers, 
cupboards and compartments, spec- 
ially planned to facilitate the busi- 
ness of the bank. 
The safe deposit vault is faced 
with Gray Knoxville marble and 
over the massive doors, on top of 
the marble cornice, is a richly ecarv- 
ed clock that can be seen from any 
point in the banking room. The 
floors of the working space and the 
safe deposit space are made of cork 
tile. The safe deposit space is fitted 
up with coupon rooms for one or 
more individuals and for corpra- 
tions. Coupon rooms are enclosed 
by mahogany partitions, with fig- 
ured, branch veneer and chipped 
plate glass panels, and heavy, pol- 
ished plate glass counters. 
In the basement is a large Dir- 
ector’s Room and toilet, toilet and 
locker facilities for the clerks, a 
large storage vault for silver and 
other valuables. The walls through- 
out the basement and the first story 
have been painted in warm cream 
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tints, the iron work is treated in 
metal leaf and color in harmony 
with the surroundings. 
The toilet rooms have been in- 
stalled and equipped after the most 
modern sanitary ideas and are ven- 
tilated by an exhaust fan, electrical- 
ly driven. 
The rooms are heated by indireet 
steam, the air being taken from the 
outside of the building, passed over 
steam heated coils and conveyed to 
the rooms through galvanized iron 
ducts and bronze registers. 
The furniture is of special design 
and is taken from the colonial prece- 
dent. The hardware is made of 
bronze metal, is of special design 
and is also of Colonial precedent. 
In case the vault is tampered with 
in any way an alarm is sounded 
from a large gong on the e xterior 
of the building, which continues to 
ring until disconnected by the bank 
authorities. ; 
The general contractors for the 
work are the Pitman & Brown Com- 
pany of Salem; for the electrical 
fixtures Pettingell, Andrews Coim- 
pany of Boston; for the furniture 
the C. Dodge Furniture Company 
of Manchester. 
Union Masonic Ladies’ Night. 
The Union Masonic Ladies’ Night 
held at the beautiful and imposing 
Gloucester armory last Friday night 
was a notable function enjoyed by 
masons and their ladies from all 
over Cape Ann, Magnolia and Man- 
chester. 
The music was furnished by the 
Salem Cadet Orchestra under the 
leadership of Jean M. Missud. The 
Commonwealth Quartet rendered 
several fine vocal selections during 
the evening. 
The floor director was Louis A. 
Rogers of Rockport and his  assist- 
ant, A. Simpson Lyle of Kast Glou- 
eester.. The aids and reception com- 
mittee were members of Tyrian, Ae- 
acia and Ashler lodges and Wm. 
Ferson, Royal Arch Chapter. The 
Knights Templar were in full uni- 
form, and these and the uniforms of 
the 8th Regt., who were in attend- 
ance, made a very fine appearance. 
The entire armory was thrown op- 
en for the pleasure of the guests. 
Among those who attended from 
Magnolia were A. J. Rowe, Mrs. FE. 
Foster, Mr. and Mrs. John N. May, 
Miss Ethel May, Mr. and Mrs. La- 
favette Hunt and Mr. and Mrs..Wim. 
Till. 
From Manchester were Mr. and 
Mrs. George Sinniecks, Franklin K. 
Hooper, Wm. Hawkesworth and G., 
A. Knoerr. 
