Built 1913 Opened 1913 | NRHP Reference # 98000250 Added to NRHP 19 March 1998 | |
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Architectural style Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements Similar Peoples Savings Bank, Purdue State Bank, Home Building Associati, Merchants' National Bank, Van Allen Building | ||
The Henry Adams Building (also known as the Land and Loan Office Building), located in Algona, Iowa, 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 to be one of Sullivan's "Jewel Boxes," a series of banks designed and built in the Midwest between 1909 and 1919. 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 makes it typical of Sullivan's later work. The same massing, and similar detailing, particularly the entrance had been 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.