Henry Adams Building

United States historic place

Land and Loan Office Building

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 123 E. State St.
Algona, Iowa
Coordinates| 43°4′8″N 94°14′8″W﻿ / ﻿43.06889°N 94.23556°W﻿ / 43.06889; -94.23556
Area| less than one acre
Built| 1913
Architect| Louis H. Sullivan
Architectural style| Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No.| 98000250[1]
Added to NRHP| March 19, 1998

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.[2] 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."[1] It is currently occupied by the Algona Chamber of Commerce.[3]

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## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Kossuth County, Iowa

Other Louis Sullivan "jewel boxes":

* Farmers and Merchants Bank, Columbus, Wisconsin (1919)
* 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)

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ Paul H. Johnson. "Land and Loan Office Building". National Park Service. Retrieved November 20, 2017. with photos
3. ^ "Louis Sullivan Building". Algona Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

## Further reading

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* 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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National Register of Historic Places in Kossuth County, Iowa

Algona|

* Algona Junior and Senior High School Building and High School Building Annex
* William C. and Hertha Dau House
* G.A.R. Memorial Hall
* Land and Loan Office Building

Lu Verne|

* Lu Verne City Jail

Swea City|

* Des Moines River Bridge

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Kossuth County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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Louis Sullivan

Adler & Sullivan works|

* Martin Ryerson Tomb (1897)
* Auditorium Building (1889)
* Auditorium Theatre
* Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb (1890)
* Wainwright Building (1890)
* Wainwright Tomb (1892)
* Bellefontaine Cemetery (1892)
* Union Trust Company Building (1892–93)
* Prudential (Guaranty) Building (1894)
* Chicago Stock Exchange Building (1894)
* Bayard–Condict Building (1899)
* Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (1899)

Sullivan works|

* Bradley House (1909)
* Charnley–Norwood House (1890)
* Charnley–Persky House (1892)
* Pilgrim Baptist Church (1890)
* Farmers and Merchants Union Bank (1919)
* Gage Group Buildings (1898)
* Halsted House (1883)
* Adams Building (1913)
* Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral (1903)
* Home Building Association Bank (1914)
* Jewelers Building (1882)
* Krause Music Store (1922)
* McVicker's Theater (1891)
* Merchants' National Bank (1914)
* National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna (1908)
* People's Federal Savings and Loan Association (1917)
* Peoples Savings Bank (1911)
* Purdue State Bank (1914)
* St. Paul United Methodist Church (1914)
* Van Allen Building (1913)

Lost buildings|

* New Orleans Union Station (1892–1954)
* Dooly Block (1891–1965)
* Louis Sullivan Bungalow (1890s–2005)
* Garrick Theater (1891–1961, A&S)
* Pilgrim Baptist Church (1891–2006, A&S)
* Dexter Building (1887–2006, A&S)

Affiliations|

* Adler & Sullivan
* Dankmar Adler

Other|

* Prairie School
* Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan
* "Form follows function"

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