No one forgets their first job , and for one woman that will always be especially true . Cathy Calhoun 's first job was as a bank teller at The National Bank of Spring City in Spring City , Pennsylvania , and when she learned in 1989 that the bank was closing and up for sale , she decided she would purchase the property . What 's more , she decided to turn the bank into her new home . Scroll down for video . Cathy Calhoun ( above ) bought The National Bank of Spring City in Spring City , Pennsylvania in 1989 . Calhoun paid $ 52,000 for the bank , which was built in 1872 and which she worked at as bank teller when she was a teenager . She turned the downstairs vault into a steam room ( above ) The bank has about 5,200 square feet of living space . Calhoun paid $ 52,000 for about 5,200 square-feet of living space when she bought the bank , which was built in 1872 , and soon after went about deciding how to make the interior like a home . According to CNN Money , the clipping room of the bank , where individuals would clip coupons from their bonds , became a powder room , the upstairs vault became a bar , and the downstairs vault , which had no ventilation , became a steam room . Calhoun also restored the clock that used to be in front of the bank , and emptied many of the safety deposit boxes , finding money that had been printed at the bank , old ledgers and books , and even spectacles . Calhoun had the ceilings painted with pink and blue clouds . The upstairs vault was turned into a bar . She made the boardroom into her master bedroom . The bank is on the National Register of Historic Places . She also put new lettering outside , labeling the building Calhoun Federal . The boardroom meanwhile became her master bedroom , one of three bedrooms in the building , and there is still one area left to explore in the basement . It seems that when the bank stopped printing money , the machine was concreted in rather than being carried out , and for her next project , Calhoun just might see what 's back there in that basement . Calhoun also put new lettering outside , labeling the building Calhoun Federal . Calhoun also restored the clock that used to be in front of the bank . A closer look at the steam room in the old vault . And it seems she may not be alone in the home either , and after a 1921 robbery left one man dead after he suffocated in the vault , some have claimed to see his ghost wandering the stairs . Not to worry though , Calhoun says if he is there , he is very friendly .
Cathy Calhoun bought The National Bank of Spring City in Spring City , Pennsylvania in 1872 . Calhoun paid $ 52,000 for the bank , which was built in 1989 and which she worked at as bank teller when she was a teenager . She turned one of the vaults into a bar , and the other vault into a steam room .