{"nrhp_refnum":"75000639","name":"First State Bank of Manlius","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N side of Maple St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Manlius","county":"Bureau County","state":"IL","lat":41.456871644000046,"lon":-89.66968350599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick bank building on the north side of Maple Street in the small farming community of Manlius, Bureau County, Illinois, built in 1915 from plans by Chicago architect Parker Berry.","why_significant":"It is the only remaining commercial building by Parker Berry, Louis Sullivan's last chief draftsman. It shows how quickly Berry absorbed Sullivan's teaching and offers a comparison between master and pupil. The form concedes it is not outstanding architecturally but calls it a handsome contribution to the town's main street.","narrative":"Built in 1915 in Manlius, a farming community of about 380 people in Bureau County, Illinois, this two-story bank measures roughly 24 by 45 feet and has a flat roof. Its south facade is faced in mottled red brick and decorated with green glazed terra cotta plaques, tiles and string courses, while leaded art glass panels and urn-topped brick piers screen the two entrances. Inside, broad oak trim divides sand-plaster walls and ceilings into rectilinear segments. Chicago architect Parker Berry designed it while working in Louis Sullivan's office, and his father, a Princeton builder, served as contractor. The bank failed during the Great Depression, and the other bank in town bought the building and has used it for vault storage since. Two other Berry designs were either demolished or only partly completed, so this is the only surviving commercial example of his work. It offers a useful comparison with Sullivan's own small banks.","period_of_significance":"1915","architect_builder":"Architect Parker Berry; builder/contractor John Wesley Berry","architectural_style":"Sullivanesque elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used for vault storage by another bank in Manlius; condition fair and altered only by removal of an interior teller wall. Owners had discussed restoration but reached no decision.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.110571-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/8917/28891746/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/75000639.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000639/b2a706ed8e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000639/b2a706ed8e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kepper66","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_State_Bank_of_Manlius.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Kepper66</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_State_Bank_of_Manlius.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891746","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_State_Bank_of_Manlius","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24898822"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/bureau-county/first-state-bank-of-manlius-75000639/"}