Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank (1891)
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| Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Minneapolis, MN |
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| Built/Founded: | 1891 |
| Architect: | Long,Franklin B.; Kenyon,William |
| Architectural style(s): | Classical Revival, Beaux-Arts |
| Added to NRHP: | January 12, 1984 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 84001419 [1] |
| Governing body: | Private |
The 1891 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank building in Minneapolis, Minnesota is a Beaux-Arts style building that formerly served as the headquarters of Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank. In 1942, the bank moved to a new location at 88 S. 6th St. at the corner of Sixth and Marquette.
The building was designed by the locally prominent firm of Long and Kees as a one-story building. Long and Kees usually preferred the then-popular Richardsonian Romanesque style for their buildings, but deviated from this style for the bank. In 1908, architect William Kenyon designed a second-story addition that enlarged the façade while retaining the Beaux-Arts style. The exterior is faced with white limestone, with five piers of rusticated stone supporting fluted Corinthian pilasters.[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984
The building is now home to Schiek's Palace Royale, a strip club. Architecture critic Larry Millett writes, "If you step inside for a view of the, ahem, scenery, you'll discover a glass dome that once illuminated a 'ladies banking lobby' but is now the scene of activities not everyone would consider ladylike."[3]
[edit] References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank. Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission (2006). Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
- ^ Millett, Larry (2007). AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minnesota Historical Society Press, p. 35. ISBN 0-87351-540-4.
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