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Show .X) East 100 South Utah Commercial and Savings Bank l+. ARCHITECTURE (continued): rusticated stone is complimented by smooth, scored and carved stone. The front elevation is symmetrical and the window types differ v/ith each floor level: (a.) Ground floor over the entrance is a half-round transom window set within a carved stone Roman arch. Flanking the entrance are large, square fixed storefront windows with smaller, square transoms a.bove; (b) Second floor the middle window bay is flat or segmentally arched and enclosed a. double-hung window with fixed sidelights and transoms to the sides and above. Flanking this center bay, one of each side, are two pairs of tall Roman bays enclosing double-hung windows with half-round transoms; (c) Upper floor the center bay and its flanking bays are square and enclose sets of double-hung windows v/ith decorative obscure glass transoms above. The center bay has a set of two windows while the side bays have three windows each. Both the plan and the sahpe of the front elevation are rectangular. A flight of nine risers bridges an areaway and goes up to the front entranceway. The entry doors are deeply recessed within an open vestibule. Recesses at the basement level shelter the entrances to the shops below. The roof is flat but slopes slightly to the rear of the building. The center portion of the front wall extends slightly outward, from the main face of the structure. This extension together with the recession of windows and cast shadows from the carved dentils and rock-faced masonry provide a sense of texture and weighty massiveness. Accentuating details include the steep triangular center facade, the columned mullions between windows on the second level, the engaged colonnettes which terminate at a horizontal parapet and decorative stone foliated wall scrolls. The overall effect of the design of the building is one of order and strength. |
