Brookings Register Sept. 22, 1921
The new Midland State Bank standing on the corner of Main and Fifth Streets, which was begun about a year ago under adverse weather and labor conditions, is now practically complete. The imposing brick structure with a modern cornice of Bedford stone and a part of the same material laid in a design of great architectural beauty, makes it one of the finest appearing buildings in the city. The interior of the bank is finished in marble and mahogany. The floor is made of square slabs of Tennessee marble. The wainscoting is highly polished Alaska marble all cut from one piece go that the grain runs continuously, each slab matching the one adjoining in the minutest detail. The baseboard is made of beautiful green Vermont marble. The long desk is finished in the finest mahogany with the other woodwork to match. The vault with the two massive steel doors attracts the eye by its appearances of strength and beauty. The vault is divided in two compartments, one for the bank and the other for the safety deposit boxes of the customers. The features of the new bank are equal to or better than any bank in the state. On the second floor there are six office rooms, all of them the same of modern construction and convenience. The bank has its own heating plant, installed at considerable cost.
Excavation was started on June 1, 1920, and construction work on the building proper got under way in October. E.A. Moon, the president of the new bank, deserves the thanks and commendation of the community for his enterprise in building this fine structure and in surmounting the obstacles he has met along with the perversity of present financial conditions.
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