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14-737: Merchants National Bank may refer to: Merchants' National Bank in Grinnell, Iowa Merchants National Bank (Saint Paul) in Minnesota, also known as the McColl Building Merchants National Bank (Winona, Minnesota) Merchants National Bank (Kittanning, Pennsylvania) , now known as Farmers & Merchants Bank of Western Pennsylvania Merchants National Bank and Annex in Indianapolis, Indiana, known as

28-501: A grotesque, winged version of a lion, as figurative decoration. This creature is one of the very few figurative elements that can be found in the architect's designs. (The angels in his Transportation Building and the Bayard-Condict Building being other examples.) Some of the plans and even the designs of the ornament were done by Sullivan's draftsman Parker N. Berry , who was shortly thereafter to fall victim to

42-563: Is a historic commercial building located in Grinnell, Iowa . 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

56-473: Is smaller than either his Owatonna or Cedar Rapids banks, it appears just as monumental. This is due largely to the oversized cartouche that surrounds a circular window on the Fourth Street facade. Light is introduced into the interior by a series of stained glass windows that alternate with structural posts down the side of the building and through the colored glass skylight that comprises much of

70-401: The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic. In the 1970s or early 1980s, a city beautification project sponsored the planting of several trees in front of the bank. Gebhard calls this an "unbelievable decision" for the growing plants would obscure more and more of the amazing facade. These plantings can be easily seen in the gallery pictures, taken in 1985. These trees were removed as of 2013. In 2007,

84-698: The Barnes and Thornburg Building Merchants National Bank and Trust Company of Indianapolis Merchants' National Bank Building (1895), Baltimore in Maryland Merchants' National Bank of New York , founded in New York City in April 1803 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Merchants National Bank . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

98-660: The ceiling. While the bank housed in the structure and its location, the small town of Grinnell did not warrant national attention. Yet the unveiling of the Louis Sullivan building was given national coverage in the architectural press of the day. The Merchants' Bank was thus featured in an eleven-page spread in The Western Architect 's February 1916 edition. As he did in his banks in Cedar Rapids and Sidney , Ohio, Sullivan used lions, or at least

112-410: The city remodeled its downtown sidewalks and streets so the intersections of the square had the "Jewelbox" appearance to them. The city also put Planters at the four corners of the crossings which have the "Jewelbox" engraved in them. Between 2008 and 2009, one of the lions in front of the building was damaged. Both lions have now been replaced. Peoples Savings Bank Sullivan's initial design

126-443: The exterior of the building were produced in 15 different shades, producing, as Sullivan remarked, "the effect of an antique Oriental rug." The interior of the building includes clerestory walls of glass with murals by Allen Philbrick depicting life in rural Iowa. This bank was the last commission that George Elmslie assisted Sullivan on. Shortly after its completion Elmslie joined the Minnesota partnership of Purcell & Feick ,

140-449: The large banking room and working out from there while reducing the cost of the structure by cutting back on the terra cotta ornamentation. The building was finished in 1912. The prominent architectural critic Montgomery Schuyler said of it at the time that, "The building is thus clearly designed from within outward. The exterior is the envelope of the interior reduced to its very simplest expression." (Wilson and Robinson) The bricks for

154-437: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Merchants_National_Bank&oldid=935141648 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Merchants%27 National Bank The Merchants' National Bank (1914) building

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168-680: The new firm being named Purcell, Feick & Elmslie. Peoples Bank was purchased around 1989 by Minneapolis-based Norwest Corporation , which a few years later acquired Wells Fargo and took on its name. The Third Avenue building continued to serve as the Cedar Rapids/Marion area's main Wells Fargo branch, but because of its proximity to the Cedar River , it was impacted by the Great Iowa Flood of 2008 . As such,

182-416: Was completed in the summer of 1909 but was rejected by the bank as being too expensive. The following year his Cedar Rapids clients, spearheaded by the bank Vice-President Fred Shaver (whom local Cedar Rapids tradition has Sullivan designing a remodeling of his residence), continued their negotiations with him and an agreement was reached. Sullivan began this study of the bank and its functions beginning with

196-615: Was listed as a contributing property in the Grinnell Historic Commercial District . Merchants' National Bank was built in 1914 and had its grand opening on January the first, in 1915, along with the Purdue State Bank in Indiana, also designed by Sullivan. Structurally the building is a rectangular box, with a magnificent main facade and a windowed side facade. Although this building

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