Home Savings Bank, Albany

The State Capital of New York, Albany, is the location of this Art Deco bank. The Home Savings Bank from 1927 was designed by architects Dennison & Hirons.

At ground level the main entrance is large and impressive befitting a bank building. The scroll and wreath above the door recalls an earlier style of decoration but elsewhere on the lower level of the building are pure Art Deco.

There are several panels like the one shown above with stylised floral forms. These decorative panels and others on the upper levels were executed by Rene Paul Chambellan who worked on many Art Deco buildings including the Chanin Building in New York City.

Chambellan's coloured terracotta panels near the top of the Home Savings Bank Building are truly spectacular. They depict a Colonial Settler and a Native American facing each other across a beautifully coloured floral panel.