Louis H. Sullivan Structures Image Gallery

 

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Local Identifier

33

Medium

Color Film

Date Created

2001

Architect

Louis H. Sullivan;

Year Built

1913-1914

Country

United States

State

Iowa

City

Grinnell

Description

The Merchants' National Bank building is a historic commercial building located in Grinnell, Iowa at 833 Fourth Avenue. It is one of the eight Midwestern "jewel-box" banks designed by Louis Sullivan. The bank was constructed in 1914 for $60,000 and remained a bank until 1999.

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List of Sullivan’s eight Midwestern “Jewel Box” Banks

  • Henry C. Adams Building, Algona (Iowa)

  • Peoples Saving Bank, Cedar Rapids (Iowa)

  • Merchants’ National Bank, Grinnell (Iowa)

  • Purdue State Bank, West Lafayette (Indiana)

  • National Farmers' Bank, Owatonna (Minnesota)

  • Home Building Association Bank, Newark (Ohio)

  • People’s Savings and Loan Association Bank, Sidney (Ohio)

  • Farmers and Merchants Union Bank, Columbus (Wisconsin)

Copyright

©2001 Carl L. Thurman

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Keywords

Buildings--Pictorial works; Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924--Pictorial works;

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