Editing Louis Sullivan (section)

===Banks===

[[File:WestFaceDetail.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A portion of the western elevation of [[National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna|National Farmer's Bank]], Owatonna, Minnesota (1908)]]

By the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, Sullivan's star was well on the descent{{According to whom|date=October 2016}} and, for the remainder of his life, his output consisted primarily of a series of small bank and commercial buildings in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]]. Yet a look at these buildings clearly reveals{{According to whom|date=October 2016}} that Sullivan's muse had not abandoned him. When the director of a bank that was considering hiring him asked Sullivan why they should engage him at a cost higher than the bids received for a conventional Neo-Classic styled building from other architects, Sullivan is reported to have replied, "A thousand architects could design those buildings. Only I can design this one." He got the job. Today{{When|date=October 2016}} these commissions are collectively referred to as Sullivan's "Jewel Boxes". All still stand.
* [[National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna|National Farmer's Bank]], [[Owatonna, Minnesota|Owatonna]], Minnesota (1908)<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-a-minnesota-bank-building-ranks-among-the-nations-most-significant-architecture "Why a Minnesota bank building ranks among the nation’s most significant architecture"], ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'', June 15, 2022.</ref>
* [[Peoples Savings Bank]], [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]], Iowa (1912)
* [[Henry Adams Building]], [[Algona, Iowa]] (1913)
* [[Merchants' National Bank]], [[Grinnell, Iowa]] (1914)
* [[Home Building Association Company]], [[Newark, Ohio|Newark]], Ohio (1914)
* [[Purdue State Bank]], [[West Lafayette, Indiana|West Lafayette]], Indiana (1914)
* [[People's Federal Savings and Loan Association]], [[Sidney, Ohio]] (1918)
* [[Farmers and Merchants Union Bank (Columbus, Wisconsin)|Farmers and Merchants Bank]], [[Columbus, Wisconsin|Columbus]], Wisconsin (1919)
* First National Bank, [[Manistique, Michigan]] (1919–1920), a remodeling of an existing bank building<ref>Twombly. Robert, ''Louis Sullivan: His life and work'', Elisabeth Sifton Books, New York,  1986 p. 458</ref>