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.).