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Farmers and Merchants Union Bank (Columbus, Wisconsin)

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Built
  
1919

NRHP Reference #
  
72000044

Architect
  
Louis Sullivan

Added to NRHP
  
October 18, 1972

Farmers and Merchants Union Bank (Columbus, Wisconsin)

Location
  
159 W. James St., Columbus, Wisconsin

Architectural style
  
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

The Farmers and Merchants Union Bank in Columbus, Wisconsin, also known as Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank, is the last of eight "jewel box" bank buildings designed by Louis Sullivan, and the next to last to be constructed.

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It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.

It is located at the northwest corner of James Street and Broadway in Columbus.

Movie set

The building was used as the location of a bank robbery in the 2009 Johnny Depp film Public Enemies, which was filmed in March 2008.

Other Louis Sullivan "jewel boxes"

  • Henry Adams Building, Algona, Iowa (1913)
  • Home Building Association Company, Newark, Ohio (1914)
  • Merchants' National Bank, Grinnell, Iowa (1914)
  • National Farmer's Bank, Owatonna, Minnesota (1908)
  • People's Federal Savings and Loan Association, Sidney, Ohio (1918)
  • Peoples Savings Bank, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (1912)
  • Purdue State Bank, West Lafayette, Indiana (1914)
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