Merchants' National Bank
Bank building in Grinnell, Iowa. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Merchants' National Bank is a historic commercial building located in Grinnell, Iowa. Built in 1914, it is one of a series of small banks designed by Louis Sullivan in the Midwest between 1909 and 1919. All of the banks are built of brick and for this structure he employed various shades of brick, ranging in color from blue-black to golden brown, giving it an overall reddish brown appearance. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976 for its architecture. In 1991, it was listed as a contributing property to the Grinnell Historic Commercial District.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | NW corner 4th Ave. and Broad St., Grinnell, IA |
| County | Poweshiek County |
| Listed | Jan 7, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76000804 |
| Type of place | bank |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | NW corner 4th Ave. and Broad St., Grinnell, IA |
| Coordinates | 41.74420, -92.72599 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Herbert Hoover National Historic Site · 71 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Roberts Creek West Campground 27 mi · Wallashuck 28 mi · Fifield (Ia) 28 mi |
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Nearby in Poweshiek County
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76000804. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.