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Beautiful Bank

PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 8:31 am
by henrysmedford
My wife and younger son Theodore just got back from the East Coast and she saw this bank in DC and took some photos of it for Franklin. She did not get the name of the bank.
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Re: Beautiful Bank

PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 8:36 am
by dakota1955
where are the customers

Re: Beautiful Bank

PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 9:27 am
by henrysmedford
dakota1955 wrote:where are the customers
Thats what my wife said too. :D

Re: Beautiful Bank

PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 4:34 pm
by chris6084
This is why they can't afford to pay me any interest on my savings account.

Re: Beautiful Bank

PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 9:32 pm
by Mossy
Looks like they are saving money by not having any employees, too.

Re: Beautiful Bank

PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 10:32 pm
by RichardPenny43
Wow! I mean...WOW! That is beautiful :shock:
I'd bet that bank was built when it held real money.
Imagine the sound of copper or silver bouncing off that floor :)

Re: Beautiful Bank

PostPosted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:55 pm
by Rosco
We were in Springfield, Ill three weeks ago Visited Downtown an saw a similar bank One teller an a bank trainee greeting people, beautiful polished Marble columns and floors twenty foot ceiling, wife an I only customers for 15 minutes. Their claim to fame is the original ink entries of Abraham Lincoln Bank Account from 1853. After several prior bank failures in 1851 the General Assembly of the State of Illinois enacted legislation establishing Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Which bypassed a law :oops: that said the people had to vote to approve ratification of any new bank. This one did last 150 years, but now is a Chase bank??? how much longer :lol:

Re: Beautiful Bank

PostPosted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:41 pm
by NDFarmer
I have always wondered about all the new bank buildings in my area. In the bigger cities around here most banks have either built new buildings or are in the process of building new buildings. And they spare no expense when they build them. A lot of marble and nice wood and fireplaces and unbelievable landscaping. There must be big money in banking.

Re: Beautiful Bank

PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 4:38 pm
by Mossy
:?: :?: We've also had some new banks built, or buildings modified for use as banks.