1st Security Bank — Olympia, WA

May 15

Completed Project · Olympia, WA · Bank Conversion

1st Security Bank Olympia — A Full Branch Rebrand

Push-through illuminated monuments, dimensional aluminum letters, and remote-wired channel letters — Anchor Bank to 1st Security Bank, 2610 Harrison Ave NW

UL-listed. White-LED illumination. Existing monument structures retained, full face program rebuilt.
Designed, built, and installed by Plumb Signs in Tacoma.

2 Cabinets Push-Through Faces Rebuilt

30″ ID Dimensional Wall Lockup

White LED UL-Listed Illumination

Anchor → 1SB Brand Conversion

Plumb Signs delivered a full exterior signage rebrand for the 1st Security Bank of Washington branch at 2610 Harrison Ave NW in Olympia — the conversion of a former Anchor Bank location into a 1SB branch. The existing monument structures and cabinet housings stayed; everything visible to the customer was rebuilt from scratch on the new brand.

The headline pieces are two routed-aluminum cabinets running a push-through copy system: clear acrylic letters set proud of the face, 3M 3635-20 translucent vinyl overlay, white-LED back-illumination, and Pantone 282C dark blue satin paint matching the 1SB brand. The wall identification on the entry gable is a coordinated pair — 30-inch dimensional ID with 12-inch flat-cut aluminum letters stud-mounted off the siding, paired with remote-wired LED channel letters and an 18-inch round logo for the lit nighttime read.

Bank rebrands are a particular discipline. The acquired branch keeps operating; the monument footing and cabinet housing usually still have life left; the new brand has to land cleanly across a portfolio of branches that were never originally designed for it. Every piece in the Olympia program — cabinet face replacements, dimensional wall ID, channel letters, an LED retrofit of an existing 15-inch by 40-inch cabinet, and a repaint of the drive-thru directional — was designed, fabricated, and installed by the same Tacoma team that has converted bank branches across Washington for four decades.

Project Snapshot

Client:
1st Security Bank of Washington
(FSBWA — Olympia branch)

Location:
2610 Harrison Ave NW
Olympia, WA 98502

Completion:
2020

Program Scope:
Branch brand conversion — Anchor Bank to 1st Security Bank. Cabinet face replacement, dimensional wall ID, channel letter program, LED retrofit, directional repaint.

Sign Types:
Push-through illuminated cabinets · Dimensional aluminum letters · Remote-wired LED channel letters · Cabinet face replacements · LED retrofit · Directional repaint

Category:
Finance & Banking Signage · Branch Rebrand · Multi-Site Banking

Services Provided by Plumb Signs:
Shop drawings & CAD · Routed cabinet face fabrication · Flat-cut aluminum dimensional letters · Channel letter fabrication (white plex faces, 1″ black trimcap, 5″ pre-finished returns) · Class 2 white-LED illumination · Pantone 282C dark blue satin finishing · LED retrofit of existing cabinet · Monument directional repaint · Permitting · Installation & electrical hookup

Designed in Tacoma · Built in Tacoma · Installed in Olympia

The 1st Security Bank Olympia rebrand reads as one connected program from the shop drawing to the finished install. Below: the monument fabrication detail next to the rebranded monument on site, and the wall sign fabrication detail next to the channel-letter lockup on the entrance gable. Tap any view to enlarge.

Plumb Signs shop drawing and fabrication detail for the 1st Security Bank Olympia monument program — 22-inch by 84-inch push-through copy aluminum cabinet with clear acrylic letters, 3M 3635-20 translucent white vinyl overlay, Pantone 282C dark blue satin paint, white-LED back-illumination, UL-listed assembly — **Monument fabrication detail · Push-through copy** 22″ × 84″ aluminum cabinet, routed face, clear acrylic push-through letters with translucent white vinyl, Pantone 282C satin, white-LED back-illumination.

2 · Installed

Branch exterior · Rebranded monument live 2610 Harrison Ave NW — the new push-through monument anchors the parking-lot entrance, reading cleanly day and night.

3 · Design

Wall identification · Dimensional & channel letter set 30″ dimensional ID, 3/8″ flat-cut aluminum letters stud-mounted off the wall, paired with remote-wired LED channel letters.

4 · Installed

Entrance gable · Channel letters & round logo 11″ channel letters with white plex faces, 1″ black trimcap, 5″ returns, white-LED illum — 18″ round 1SB shield centered on the gable.

Headline Piece

The Push-Through Monument Cabinet

Two 22-inch by 84-inch routed-aluminum cabinets, replacing the existing Anchor Bank monument faces on the same footings. The face is built around a push-through letter system: clear acrylic letters set proud of the face from behind, 3M 3635-20 translucent white vinyl overlay applied to the face and back of each letter, and a white-LED bank inside the cabinet that turns the wordmark and the 1SB shield into clean, even-lit text after dark.

The cabinet is finished in Pantone 282C dark blue satin — the 1st Security Bank corporate navy — with the existing concrete footing and aluminum housing retained from the Anchor Bank original. Power runs through a Class 2 low-voltage driver bay; rear service access means a failed module never means pulling the cabinet off the footing.

· 22″ × 84″ routed cabinet
· Clear acrylic push-through copy
· 3M 3635-20 translucent vinyl
· White LED back-illumination
· Pantone 282C dark blue satin
· UL-listed assembly

Fabrication & Sign Family

Four coordinated sign types that landed the 1SB brand cleanly on an acquired Anchor Bank branch — same footings, same housings, all-new face program.

Type 1

Push-Through Illuminated Cabinets

Two 22″ × 84″ routed aluminum cabinets with clear acrylic push-through letters, 3M 3635-20 translucent white vinyl, Pantone 282C satin paint, and white-LED back-illumination. Replaced the existing Anchor Bank monument faces.

Type 2

Dimensional Aluminum Letters

Two sets of 12″ flat-cut aluminum dimensional letters reading “1st Security Bank” with the 1SB shield logo, 3/8″ thick, stud-mounted 3/4″ off the wall. Daylight-read wall identification, no illumination required.

Type 3

Remote-Wired LED Channel Letters

Two sets of 11″ channel letters plus an 18″ round 1SB shield logo. White plex faces with translucent vinyl overlay, 1″ black trimcap, 5″ pre-finished returns, white-LED illumination, transformer in a remote enclosure for clean gable elevation.

Type 4

Refresh Program

Two 15″ × 40″ white-lexan cabinet face replacements with vinyl overlay, one .090 aluminum panel replacement, an LED retrofit of an existing 15″ × 40″ cabinet to white LEDs, and a repaint of the existing drive-thru directional monument structure.

Every illuminated assembly is UL-listed, built on a Class 2 low-voltage white-LED platform, and finished with weather-grade paint matched to the 1SB Pantone 282C corporate navy. Existing structures — concrete footings, cabinet housings, and the drive-thru directional monument — were retained where structurally and cosmetically sound, keeping the rebrand cost-disciplined for the bank.

Wall sign fabrication detail — 30″ dimensional ID, 3/8″ flat-cut aluminum, stud-mounted 3/4″ off the building face.

Design & Engineering

Before anything was cut, our design team produced the full shop set: dimensioned face layouts for both monument cabinets, attachment details for the dimensional aluminum letters, channel letter construction details with remote transformer wiring, paint and vinyl specifications matched to the 1SB Pantone 282C corporate navy, and an electrical schedule for the white-LED platform.

· Cabinet face layout & routing schedule
· Stud-mount attachment detail for dimensional letters
· Channel letter construction & remote wiring detail
· Pantone 282C paint & vinyl spec
· Class 2 white-LED platform engineering
· City of Olympia permit submission

A single CAD set carried the program through fabrication, permitting, and install — same drawings, same dimensions, same hardware schedule, start to finish.

Why This Approach Works for a Bank Branch Rebrand

Bank rebrands operate under a set of constraints retail and corporate signage doesn’t share. The acquired branch keeps taking deposits the whole time. Customers showing up the day after the rebrand expect a building that looks like the bank they just got a letter from. The monument footing was poured for the old brand fifteen years ago and the cabinet housing is paid-for capital — tearing them out is a waste. And the new brand has to land cleanly across a portfolio of acquired branches that were never originally designed for it.

The Olympia program is built around that math. The existing monument footings and cabinet housings stayed; the visible face program was rebuilt from scratch in a single shop drawing set. Push-through copy delivers a premium daytime read and clean white-LED night legibility on the same cabinet. The flat-cut aluminum wall lockup gives the building a dimensional, banking-grade identification without adding an illuminated cabinet to a residential-scale gable. And the LED retrofit and directional repaint cleaned up the last two cosmetic carryovers from the Anchor Bank era — the whole branch reads as one unified 1st Security Bank location from the street.

Bank & Finance Signage in Olympia & Southwest Washington

Plumb Signs is based in Tacoma — fifty minutes north of Olympia via Interstate 5. We design, fabricate, and install commercial signage for banks, credit unions, corporate offices, healthcare campuses, retail centers, and civic facilities across Olympia, Thurston County, and the wider Southwest Washington corridor: Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, Shelton, Centralia, Chehalis, Vancouver, Tacoma, and Seattle.

The 1st Security Bank Olympia branch joined a Plumb-built banking portfolio that includes the Timberland Bank multi-location rollout from the Olympia headquarters, the Kitsap Bank to Heritage Bank rebrand across 17 branches, and ongoing service work for community and regional banks across the Puget Sound region. Drawings, fabrication, permits, finishes, and install all came out of 909 S 28th St in Tacoma.

Olympia Lacey Tumwater Shelton Centralia Chehalis Vancouver Tacoma Thurston County Southwest Washington

Frequently Asked Questions

What did the 1st Security Bank Olympia signage program include?

The Olympia branch program at 2610 Harrison Ave NW delivered a complete exterior rebrand from Anchor Bank to 1st Security Bank: two 22-inch by 84-inch push-through illuminated monument cabinet faces, two sets of 12-inch flat-cut 3/8-inch aluminum dimensional wall letters with the 1SB shield logo, two sets of 11-inch remote-wired LED channel letters with an 18-inch round logo for the entrance gable, two 15-inch by 40-inch cabinet face replacements in white lexan with vinyl overlay, one .090 aluminum panel replacement, an LED retrofit of an existing 15-inch by 40-inch cabinet to white LEDs, and a repaint of the existing drive-thru directional monument structure.

What is a push-through copy cabinet sign?

A push-through cabinet has a routed aluminum face with clear acrylic letters set proud of the face from behind. Translucent vinyl — 3M 3635-20 white on the 1SB program — is applied to the face and back of each letter, and white LEDs inside the cabinet back-illuminate every letter so the copy reads as clean, even-lit text after dark. The construction delivers a premium daytime read, sharp nighttime legibility, and the dimensional “letters-out-of-the-face” look that face-lit cabinets cannot produce.

What is a remote-wired channel letter program?

Remote-wired channel letters keep the transformer and power supply in a remote enclosure — usually inside the wall or in an attic space — rather than housed in a raceway behind the letters. The result is a clean elevation with no visible raceway on the building face, which matters on architecturally detailed facades like the wood-clad gable at the 1st Security Bank Olympia entrance. The 1SB program uses 11-inch channel letters with white plex faces, translucent vinyl overlay, 1-inch black trimcap, 5-inch pre-finished returns, and white-LED illumination.

Does Plumb Signs handle bank branch rebrands and acquisitions?

Yes — bank brand conversions are one of Plumb Signs’ core specialties. We have delivered single-branch conversions like 1st Security Bank Olympia (a former Anchor Bank branch), multi-location rollouts like the Timberland Bank program from the Olympia headquarters, and large-scale rebrands like the Kitsap Bank to Heritage Bank conversion across 17 branches. Bank rebrands are different from greenfield retail signage: existing footings and cabinet housings are usually reusable, schedule has to coexist with branch operations, and the new brand has to land cleanly across a portfolio of acquired locations that were never originally designed for it.

Are the 1st Security Bank signs UL-listed?

Yes — Plumb Signs is a UL-listed sign fabricator and every illuminated assembly we build, including the 1st Security Bank Olympia monument cabinets, channel letters, and the LED retrofit on the existing 15-inch by 40-inch cabinet, is constructed and labeled to UL safety standards for electrical signs. The LED platform runs on Class 2 low-voltage drivers with rear service access for module and driver replacement, which keeps long-term maintenance cost low for the bank.

How long does a bank branch brand conversion take?

A single-branch bank conversion typically runs eight to twelve weeks from approved artwork and site survey to installation, depending on permit timing with the local jurisdiction and lead time on cabinet face fabrication. The schedule covers shop drawings and engineering, City of Olympia or Thurston County permit submission, routed-face fabrication, paint and vinyl, channel letter fabrication, LED engineering and bench-testing, removal of the outgoing brand, installation of the new face program, electrical hookup, and a final walkthrough with the bank’s facilities team.

Can the existing monument structures be reused for a new brand?

Most of the time, yes — and that is the cost-disciplined approach for a bank rebrand. On the 1st Security Bank Olympia program, the existing concrete footings, aluminum cabinet housings, and the drive-thru directional monument structure all carried over from the Anchor Bank era. Only the visible face program — the routed faces, the push-through letters, the vinyl overlay, the paint, and the LED bank — was rebuilt new. The end result reads as a brand-new monument while keeping a major capital expense off the rebrand budget.

What other banking and finance signage does Plumb Signs build?

Illuminated and non-illuminated monuments, push-through and face-lit cabinet signs, channel letters and reverse-channel halo-lit identification, ATM surrounds, dimensional aluminum and acrylic wall lockups, directional and drive-thru wayfinding, ADA-tactile interior signs, lobby and teller-line logo walls, and full multi-branch rebrand rollouts. Bank programs we have shipped range from single-branch conversions like 1st Security Bank Olympia to multi-site rollouts like the Timberland Bank network from the Olympia headquarters and the Kitsap Bank to Heritage Bank conversion across 17 branches.

Planning a Bank Branch Rebrand or Finance Signage Program?

From single-branch conversions to multi-site rollouts, Plumb Signs designs, fabricates, and installs banking-grade signage programs that land the brand cleanly — and keep the capital expense disciplined — delivered under one roof from our Tacoma shop.

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