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Minnesota Mid-Century Modern Banks

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Wells Fargo Bank
Austin, MN
This Wells Fargo Bank branch appears to be from the 1950s or 1960s. [map]

Home Federal Savings Bank
Austin, MN
This Home Federal Savings Bank branch appears to be from the 1950s or 1960s. The mosaic mural was produced by Saunders Schultz in 1960. By 2018, the eagle on top of the sign was gone. [map]

Home Federal Savings Bank
Albert Lea, MN
This Home Federal Savings Bank branch was probably built in the 1950s or 1960s. This photo is from 2012. By 2016, the eagle had been removed from the electronic display sign and plastic "Home Federal" letters were installed on the front of the building. [map]

Associated Bank [gone]
Red Wing, MN
This Associated Bank branch was probably built in the 1960s. In 2018, the building was demolished.

KleinBank
Montevideo, MN
This KleinBank branch, or at least the panels on the building, appears to be from the 1960s or 1970s. [map]

KleinBank
Madison, MN
This KleinBank branch might be mid-century modern. It could also be much more recent. Does anyone know anything about this building?

Wells Fargo Bank
Marshall, MN
This Walls Fargo Bank branch appears to be from the 1960s or 1970s. [map]

Roundbank Insurance Agency
Waseca, MN
The Roundbank Insurance Agency was built in 1971 as the First State Bank of Waseca. It became the Roundbank in 1993. In 2003, it became the Roundbank Insurance Agency. [map]

Premier Bank
Faribault, MN
This Premier Bank branch appears to be from the 1960s or 1970s. [map]

Lighting Outlet Center
Golden Valley, MN
This Lighting Outlet Center originally housed a Midwest Federal Savings and Loan branch. The bank built several of these round banks in the Twin Cities area between 1964 and 1973. [map]

Peoples Bank of Commerce
Cambridge, MN
This Peoples Bank of Commerce branch is probably from the 1960s or 1970s. The building now houses a First Bank & Trust branch. [map]

More Minnesota:
Minnwest Bank (Redwood Falls) [map]