First National Bank of Mankato

Infobox_nrhp | name = First National Bank of Mankato
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location= Mankato, Minnesota
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 09
lat_seconds = 59.9
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 94
long_minutes = 00
long_seconds = 13.7
long_direction = W
locmapin = Minnesota
area =
built =1913cite web| title =First National Bank Building| publisher =Historical American Buildings Survey| url =http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?pp/hh:@field(SUBJ+@od1(MINNESOTA--Blue+Earth+County--Mankato))| accessdate =2007-11-08]
architect= Ellerbee & Round
architecture=Prairie School
added = July 30, 1974
governing_body =Private
refnum=74001004cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-11-08|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] [cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MN/Blue+Earth/state.html|title=National Register of Historic Places|date=2007-11-08|publisher=National Park Service] The First National Bank of Mankato, located at 229 Front Street South in Mankato, Blue Earth County in the U.S. state of Minnesota is an example of a commercial building borrowing Prairie School architecture, relating rural life to the development of downtown Mankato as a regional center of commerce and finance. The brick building's architectural features include Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired stained glass windows and intricate ornamentation at the roof-line. This building was built after the famous aborted robbery attempt of the First National Bank of Mankato by Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang in 1876, which immediately preceded their defeat at Northfield.

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