Woman Lives In An Old Bank, Wait Until You See The Changes She Made

<div><p>It's not everyday you meet someone who owns a bank, but it's even rare to meet someone who <em>lives in</em> a bank.</p><p>Cathy Calhoun is both. When she was a teenager, her first job was as a teller in the National Bank of Spring City, Pennsylvania. Years later, when the bank closed down, Cathy bought the building for $50,000.</p><p>When she bought it in 1989 it wasn't much to look at: an old bank built in the 1870s with 2 vaults and all of the bank furniture (including the teller counters and the safety deposit boxes) left inside.</p><p>But over the years Cathy has totally transformed the building.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/270FE9CC00000578-3015527-image-a-62_1427503930134.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/270FE9CC00000578-3015527-image-a-62_1427503930134_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>CNN Money</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/270FE94800000578-3015527-image-a-69_1427504025894.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/270FE94800000578-3015527-image-a-69_1427504025894_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>CNN Money</cite></figcaption></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/270FE8A800000578-3015527-image-a-64_1427503996844.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/270FE8A800000578-3015527-image-a-64_1427503996844_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>CNN Money</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>While Cathy has left a number of the bank's finer features - like the crystal chandeliers and the sign outside - she's renovated pretty much everything else.</p><p>The lobby has become a living room, her old spot behind the teller counter is now in her dining room, and even the vault has been transformed into a bar.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/B4-1.JPG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/B4-1_GH_content_550px.JPG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/B4-1_GH_content_650px.JPG 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>CNN Money</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/B5.JPG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/B5_GH_content_550px.JPG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/B5_GH_content_650px.JPG 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>CNN Money</cite></figcaption></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/270FE98400000578-3015527-image-a-71_1427504048422.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/270FE98400000578-3015527-image-a-71_1427504048422_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>CNN Money</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Cathy's unusual house is full of great features, including a sauna and a friendly ghost from a 1920s bank robbery.</p><p><strong>Click the next page for a video tour of Cathy's home!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Cathy may work as a jeweler, but she could probably get a second job as an interior decorator, because from certain rooms in her home you could never guess she lives in an old bank.</p><p>The only hint is the bank memorabilia she keeps hanging on the walls, including newspaper reports about a famous bank robbery from the 1920s that killed one of the employees.</p><p>So how does Cathy motivate herself to finish all her renovations? She drills open 50 of the safety deposit boxes as a reward each time she finishes a project!</p><div><div><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="BAsKbfhLfIc"></amp-youtube></div></div></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>So what do you think of Cathy's unusual digs? Would you be happy to live here? I definitely like the little touches she added, but I would be paranoid about locking myself in one of the vaults!</p><p>To each their own I guess. You definitely can't call this home boring!</p><p><strong>Share this amazing home with someone you know!</strong></p></div>