First State Bank of Manlius explained

First State Bank of Manlius
Location:N side of Maple St., Manlius, Illinois
Coordinates:41.4567°N -89.6697°W
Architect:Berry, Parker
Added:May 12, 1975
Refnum:75000639

The First State Bank of Manlius is a historic bank building located on the north side of Maple Street in Manlius, Illinois. The building was constructed in 1915 from a design by Parker Berry, Louis Sullivan's chief draftsman at the time. Berry died of the Spanish flu at age 30 in 1918, and the bank is the only surviving example of a commercial building he designed. His design for the bank featured a red brick exterior with terra cotta ornamentation and piers topped with urns in front of the two side entrances. The bank failed in the Great Depression and subsequently became a vault for the village's other bank.[1]

The bank was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1975.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yanul. Thomas G.. Sprague. Paul E.. National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: First State Bank of Manlius (Old). https://web.archive.org/web/20160805161549/http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/200783.pdf. dead. 2016-08-05. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. June 11, 2016. October 1974.