I love old bank buildings they are grand, and impressive. According to a walking tour I took in San Francisco this was to reassure potential customers back before the FDIC insured them. This building is impressive I can see how people would think that this bank was going to be around for a while.
Fun fact: many consider this Oregons first skyscraper it other then clock towers it was the tallest building in town when it was built in 1907.
In 1986 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the US National Bank Building read more