- PARK INN HOTEL, MASON CITY, IOWA (1909) (S.156)
- AND CITY NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
(1909) (S.155)
Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned by attorneys, James E.E. Markley and James E. Blythe to design a building for their bank. Markley made Wright's acquaintance while visiting his daughter during her stay at the Hillside Home School, in Spring Green, Wisconsin, run by Wright’s aunts, Jane and Ellen C. Lloyd Jones. During 1907 and 1908 Wright visited Markley in Mason City. Wright was commissioned to design both the City National Bank and Park Inn Hotel in early 1909 and construction began April 1, 1909. When Wright left his practice and went to Europe with Mrs. Edwin Cheney in late October 1909, his chief draughtsman, William Drummond, continued supervision of the construction which was completed in August 1910. The Hotel was opened under the management of John Sundell. The second floor originally held the legal offices of Blythe and Markley to the east and about 14 guest rooms to the west; 24 guest rooms made up the third floor. In 1926 the Bank building was purchased by A. A. Adams. It was drastically remodeled and converted to a clothing store. The Park Inn ceased operations as a hotel in 1972. In 1973, the upper floors were renovated into apartments. The Park Inn Hotel and City National Bank buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. (Condensed from Full article.) (Addition Article) BOOKS POSTCARDS HISTORIC IMAGES
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Park Inn Rates Circa 1912 (Rooms starting at 75c, Dinner 30c)
City National Bank Circa 1912
- Park Inn Circa 1914
North Main St., Mason City, Ia. City National Bank (on left), Circa 1915
Detail: North Main St., Mason City, Ia. City National Bank (on left)
South Main St., Mason City, Ia. City National Bank (on left), Circa 1915
Park Inn Circa 1915-1920s
Park Inn Circa 1915-1920s Detail
Federal Ave (formerly Main) City Nat. Bank (on left, out of pic) Circa 1950s
HISTORIC IMAGES Wasmuth Tafel IV (Plate 49), Bank and Park Inn Hotel in Mason City, Iowa, 1910
- Wasmuth Tafel IV (Plate 49), Bank in Mason City, Iowa, 1910
City National Bank under construction Circa 1910
Detail of left image: City National Bank under construction Circa 1910
City National Bank Circa 1912 (far right)
Detail City National Bank Circa 1912
City National Bank Circa 1915
Detail of left image: City National Bank Circa 1915
Detail from above image: Large vase atop pedestal
City National Bank Interior
City National Bank 1918
City National Bank Circa 1930 after Remodel
Park Inn Circa 1940s
City National Bank Circa 1950s
September 1977, Photographed by Robert Thall
September 1977 Detail, Photographed by Robert Thall
September 1977 Detail, Photographed by Robert Thall
September 1977 Detail, Photographed by Robert Thall
September 1977, Photographed by Robert Thall
September 1977 Detail, Photographed by Robert Thall
September 1977 Detail, Photographed by Robert Thall
September 1977 Detail, Photographed by Robert Thall
YEAR DESCRIPTION ST# Circa 1912 Park Inn, Mason City, Iowa. Published by R.T. #21869. Part of the City National Bank Building complex built in 1909. Very early image, before any signage or lamp posts. 5.3 x 3.3 1912.00.1204 Circa 1915 Park Inn, Mason City, Ia. Circa 1915. Published by E.C. Kropp, Plate 6072. Part of the City National Bank Building complex built in 1909. Very early image, signage installed, but before lamp posts were installed in the
street. 5.5 x 3.50128.08.0109 1977 Mason City, Iowa, An Architectural Heritage (Published by Mason City Department of Community Development) Forward by: Kenneth E. Kew, Mayor An inventory of historic and architecturally significant buildings in Mason City. Many Prairie style examples. Includes Wright’s City National Bank, adjoining Park Inn (Cover, Pg 23) and the Stockman House (Pg 53). Cover is a reprint from the Wasmuth Portfolio Tafel IV (Plate 49), "Bank in Mason City, Iowa" (1910). 8.5 x 11. Pp 82 2023.03.0306
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