“Louis Sullivan's First National Bank Building (1919–1922), Manistique, Michigan”

AboutRobert Twombly's detailed reconstruction of Sullivan's little-known 1919–1922 remodeling of the First National Bank Building in Manistique, Michigan, based on newly available drawings and correspondence, corrects the earlier notion — traceable to architectural photographer Richard Nickel's 1958 site visit — that the project was never realized. Twombly reconstructs the commission's origin through bank cashier William S. Crowe's admiration of the Owatonna bank, analyzes Sullivan's solution for unifying a dual-purpose (banking and rental office) building through a light/dark color program and facade realignment, and describes distinctive features — a double vestibule, an off-center vault relocated to accommodate new heating ducts, and a "children's nook" — compared with Sullivan's other rural and small-town banks.

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