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New Bank Recreates Historic Small Town Look

ST. MICHAEL, MN-KKE Architects choose brick, metal cornices, gas fireplaces and mahogany for the new 20,000 sf bank building in this rural Minnesota location.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on September 19, 2003

ST. MICHAEL, MN-In designing a new 20,000-sf building for the Great Northern Bank, the challenge to KKE Architects was to recreate the feeling of a historic small town bank.

“From the inside to the outside, our goal was to recall the historic character of the bank and create a warm, old time atmosphere, while incorporating the latest in banking technology,” says Kathy Anderson, KKE’s commercial development group principal.

Anderson and colleagues researched historic bank buildings before choosing such details such as the brick and stone masonry and large metal cornice on the building’s exterior, and the columns, soffits, working gas fireplace, mahogany wood and antique gold finishes on its interior. The general contractor on the project was Kinghorn Construction of Rogers MN.

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