- This building was designed in the Hungarian Art Nouveau style by two Jewish architects: Marcell Komor and Dezső Jakab.
- They created the bank in 1907, in between designing the Synagogue and the City Hall.
- It used to be the only bank on the city’s main street. In addition to the bank, there was a restaurant on the ground floor and apartments on the upper floors.
- The bank’s ethos is displayed by the symbols on its façade: a squirrel, symbolizing diligence; a beehive, symbolizing frugality; and an owl, symbolizing wisdom.
- Art Nouveau buildings in Subotica – especially those designed in the Hungarian variant of the Secession style – were abundantly decorated with ceramic ornaments.
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