Williamsport is given a claim for distinction from the outstanding decorative features of the new remodeled quarters of Williamsport National Bank at Pine and Willow Streets.

The past and present of Williamsport and Lycoming County are graphically portrayed by a series of paintings, the work of Vincent Moragilotti of New York, who is one of America’s most noted mural painters. An idea of Mr. Moragilotti’s reputation in the art world is obtained through the fact that he has been commissioned to a series depicting the “Art of War” for the ceiling of the mess hall which is now being erected at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

The Williamsport National Bank’s murals occupy the entire ceiling space in the banking quarters. The ceiling is divided into several big panels by means of polychromed beams and in the spaces thus created by Mr. Moragilotti’s paintings are attractively framed.

The paintings, which are on canvas, were executed at the artist’s New York studios and he came here personally to supervise their installation.

They are executed in the Italian renaissance style of the 17th century in keeping with the architectural tone of the banking quarter, which further carried out by the walls.

Enthusiastically adopting the suggestion of architect, Gehron Ross Alley of New York, the contractors obtained from various sources a number of pictures typical of the history of Williamsport and Lycoming County in adding scenes which are past and others that endure today. They chose some of the institutions representative of Williamsport’s industrial and commercial life and had interior views taken upon which the artist has based a series of interpretative pictures.

These industrial pictures include panels representing W.B. Hoehn Silk Company, Keystone Glue Company, L.L. Stearns store, the Lycoming Manufacturing Company, Williamsport Wire Rope, C.A. Reed, Lycoming Rubber Company and Sweet’s Steel.