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Broad Street and Fourth Avenue
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Merchants National Bank on the west side of Broad Street, north of Fourth Avenue. Renowned architect Louis Sullivan designed this "jewel box" bank, built in 1914.
| Title | Merchants National Bank |
| Alternative Title | Louis Sullivan Bank |
| Alternative Title | Broad Street and Fourth Avenue |
| architect | Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 |
| Index Date | 1914 |
| photographed | Post-1914 |
| Publisher | Grinnell College |
| Note | The Merchants National Bank was later known as Brenton Bank, Poweshiek County National Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank. The building later housed the Grinnell Area Chamber of Commerce and Grinnell Visitor Center. |
| Provenance | Gift of John Kleinschmidt, 1997 |
| Topic | Architecture--United States |
| Topic | Automobiles |
| Topic | Banks and banking |
| Geographic | Grinnell (Iowa) |
| Geographic | Poweshiek County (Iowa) |
| Temporal | Nineteen tens |
| Related Item | John Kleinschmidt Collection |
| Related Item | Digital Grinnell |
| Genre | Photographs |
| Extent | 1 photograph, b&w, 25 x 15 cm |
| Media Type | image/tiff |
| Digital Origin | digitized other analog |
| Language | English |
| Identifier (local) | grinnell:11214 |
| Physical Location | Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections |
| Shelf Locator | MS 39, Series 3 Photographs, Box 2: Commercial |
| Access Condition | Copyright to this work is held by the author(s), in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.). |
| Type of Resource | Photograph |
| Group Record | |
|---|---|
| Title | Broad Street and Fourth Avenue |
| Index Date | 1914 |
| Publisher | Grinnell College |
| Topic | Architecture--United States |
| Topic | Automobiles |
| Topic | Banks and banking |
| Geographic | Grinnell (Iowa) |
| Geographic | Poweshiek County (Iowa) |
| Temporal | Nineteen tens |
| Related Item | John Kleinschmidt Collection |
| Related Item | Poweshiek History Preservation Project |
| Related Item | Digital Grinnell |
| Genre | Photographs |
| Extent | 2 photographs |
| Media Type | image/tiff |
| Digital Origin | digitized other analog |
| Language | English |
| Identifier (local) | grinnell:3312 |
| Identifier (hdl) | http://hdl.handle.net/11084/3312 |
| Physical Location | Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections |
| Shelf Locator | MS 39, Series 3 Photographs, Box 2: Commercial |
| Access Condition | Copyright to this work is held by the author(s), in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.). |
| Type of Resource | Photograph |