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Merchant’s National Bank Building

building, Grinnell, Iowa, United States
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  • Louis Sullivan
    Louis Sullivan
    / Later work of Louis Sullivan

    …design is that of the Merchants’ National Bank in Grinnell, Iowa (1914). Like the Owatonna bank, it has a relatively austere form, relieved by imaginative, intricate ornament. The facade is embellished with a spectacular decorative frame for the circular window above the entrance. Sullivan’s last commission was the facade for…

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    …design is that of the Merchants’ National Bank in Grinnell, Iowa (1914). Like the Owatonna bank, it has a relatively austere form, relieved by imaginative, intricate ornament. The facade is embellished with a spectacular decorative frame for the circular window above the entrance. Sullivan’s last commission was the facade for…

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