Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank (1891)
- Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank (1891)
Infobox_nrhp | name =Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank
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location= Minneapolis, MN
lat_degrees = 44 | lat_minutes = 58 | lat_seconds = 43.26 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 93 | long_minutes = 16 | long_seconds = 3.39 | long_direction = W
locmapin = Minnesota
area =
built =1891
architect= Long,Franklin B.; Kenyon,William
architecture= Classical Revival, Beaux-Arts
added = January 12, 1984
governing_body = Private
refnum=84001419 [cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
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.[cite web|url=http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/hpc/landmarks/4th_St_S_115_Farmers_and_Mechanics_Savings_Bank.asp|title=Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank|publisher=Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission|date=2006|accessdate=2007-09-03] 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."[cite book |last=Millett |first=Larry |authorlink=Larry Millett |title=AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul |year=2007 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press |location= |isbn=0-87351-540-4 |pages=p. 35 ] ]References
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