National Farmers' Bank |
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| Name of Work | National Farmers' Bank | ||||||||||||||
| Production Date | 1907 | ||||||||||||||
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| Media Types | Masonry, stained glass, terracotta | ||||||||||||||
| General Notes | (Dimensions given are simply by eye, and are probably significantly off.) | ||||||||||||||
Description
One of Sullivan's "jewel box" banks. A modest-sized bank in a small farming town in the middle of Minnesota. Built as a single rectangular volume with an intense richness of organic ornamental detail on the main facade, which is carried through to the same details throughout the grand interior. The same brick materials and terracotta details from the outside are used throughout the inside. Elaborations of the same organic ornamental scheme is carried onto the massive hanging chandeliers that light and enrich the immense volume.
Theme
The world is expansively, infinitely rich.
Emotional Sum or Sense-of-life
Being able to breath freely -- expansively, and feeling that there are no limits to what man can do.
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