The Henry Adams Building, also known as the Land and Loan Office Building, is a historic building in
Algona, Iowa, United States. It was designed by
Louis Sullivan in 1912.
Although it was not designed as a bank, and has never served as such, the building is nonetheless considered one of Sullivan's "Jewel Boxes," a series of banks designed and built in the Midwest between 1909 and 1919.
[ with ] As in the other "Jewel Boxes," Sullivan included many windows, both on the street side and in the skylight that allowed a great deal of natural light inside. The simple massing of this small, rectangular building with its clearly defined structure was typical of Sullivan's later work. The same massing and similar detailing, particularly the entrance, was used by Sullivan's former associates
Purcell & Elmslie in their slightly larger Exchange State Bank in
Grand Meadow, Minnesota in 1910, and it is possible that this design influenced Sullivan. (Brooks) Sullivan was assisted in the design by his draftsman, Parker Berry, who drew the perspectives.
The building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1998, under the name of "Land and Loan Office Building."
It is currently occupied by the Algona Chamber of Commerce.
Other Louis Sullivan "jewel boxes"
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Farmers and Merchants Bank,
Columbus
Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to:
* Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer
* Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio
Columbus may also refer to:
Places ...
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Wisconsin (1919)
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Home Building Association Company
The Home Building Association Bank (or Home Building Association Company) is a historic building located at 1 North Third Street in Newark, Ohio, United States, and was designed by noted Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. It is one of eight banks ...
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Newark,
Ohio (1914)
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Merchants' National Bank
The Merchants' National Bank (1914) building 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 ...
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Grinnell, Iowa (1914)
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National Farmer's Bank,
Owatonna,
Minnesota (1908)
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People's Federal Savings and Loan Association
The People's Federal Savings and Loan Association is a historic bank building at 101 East Court Street in Sidney, Ohio, designed by Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. It was designed and built in 1917 for use by Peoples Federal Savings and Loan Ass ...
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Sidney, Ohio (1918)
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Peoples Savings Bank
The Peoples Savings Bank in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was designed by Louis Sullivan. It was the second of a number of small "jewel box" banks in midwest towns designed by Sullivan during 1907 to 1919. with It was built in 1911, and it was individual ...
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city. ...
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Iowa (1912)
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Purdue State Bank,
West Lafayette
West Lafayette () is a city in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, about northwest of the state capital of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette is directly across the Wabash River from its sister city ...
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Indiana (1914)
References
Further reading
* Brooks, H. Allen, The Prairie School: Frank Lloyd Wright and His Contemporaries, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, 1972
* Elia, Mario Manieri, ''Louis Henry Sullivan'', Princeton Architectural Press, Princeton NY, 1996
*Gebhard, David & Gerald Mansheim, ''Building of Iowa'', Oxford University Press, New York, 1993
*Twombly, Robert, ''Louis Sullivan: His Life and Work'', Elizabeth Sifton Books - Viking, New York, 1986
*Wilson, Richard Guy and Sidney K. Robinson, ''The Prairie School in Iowa'', Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, 1977
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