Property Record
3156 N MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | |
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| Other Name: | Farmers Savings Bank |
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| Reference Number: | 242188 |
| Location (Address): | 3156 N MAIN ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Linden |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 6 |
| Range: | 2 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 28 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1918 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2020 |
| Historic Use: | |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Built circa 1918, this one-story brick commercial building features a false front with brick corbelling. Its façade includes special front windows with five lights across the top and the main entrance, which consists of a single wooden door with one light and a transom above. The south elevation has three, five-over-one windows. All the windows have stone sills and lintels. To support its current iteration as a bank, a drive-up window and porte cochère were added to the building’s north elevation. The Farmers Saving Bank of Edmund is associated with the broad pattern of small-town banks established in small farming communities and is recommended eligible under Criterion A. The brick false-front and brick corbelling are unique features for a bank, and is recommended eligible under Criterion C. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |