October 4
We got out pretty early this morning as a long, fun-filled day lay ahead.
There are many instances of older buildings being incorporated into new construction and here we have the 1942 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank, now home to a Westin Hotel.
According to ms wiki: ‘The building is an example of the Streamline Moderne phase of the Art Deco movement and is notable for its bold relief sculptures of a farmer and a mechanic framing the main entrance…The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.’
Inside the original bank building is the hotel lobby but they retained all the architectural details of a ‘main banking hall’.