Looking west at Fourth Avenue from Broad Street with Merchants National Bank on northeast corner next to drug store. Number R-57041. The paving of streets in Grinnell started in 1909.
Looking north inside the bank with phone booth and vault in rear. 1915 postmark. Built in 1914 by Louis H. Sullivan, "father of the American skyscraper", the Merchant's National Bank was one of a number of "jewel box" banks built in small midwestern communities.
