# Exchange State Bank

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{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Exchange State Bank
  | nrhp_type = 
  | image = Exchange State Bank.jpg
  | caption = Exchange State Bank from the southeast
  | location= 105 Main Street N., [Grand Meadow, Minnesota](/source/Grand_Meadow%2C_Minnesota)
  | coordinates  = {{coord|43|42|22|N|92|34|16|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Minnesota#USA
  | built = 1910
  | architect  = [Purcell & Elmslie](/source/Purcell_%26_Elmslie)
  | architecture = [Prairie School](/source/Prairie_School_architecture)
  | added = June 10, 1975
  | area = less than one acre
  | refnum = 75000997<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Exchange State Bank''' in [Grand Meadow, Minnesota](/source/Grand_Meadow%2C_Minnesota), United States, is a [Prairie School](/source/Prairie_School_architecture) style building that was built in 1910.  It was designed by architects [Purcell & Elmslie](/source/Purcell_%26_Elmslie).  It has also been known as the '''First American State Bank'''.  It was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1975.<ref name=nris/>  
thumb|Terracotta, tile, and brickwork detail on the exterior front of the building

It is significant as the first major joint project of Purcell and Elmslie, and one of few commercial buildings by them.  [William Gray Purcell](/source/William_Gray_Purcell) designed the building and George Grant Elmslie created the ornamentation of terra cotta, glass mosaic and wood.  The building has been regarded as an "excellent" example of [Prairie School architecture](/source/Prairie_School_architecture), implemented in brick.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=75000997}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Exchange State Bank / First American State Bank |publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service)|accessdate=September 5, 2016 |author=Alan K. Lathrop |date=March 1974 }} with {{NRHP url|id=75000997|photos=y|title=two photos from 1972}}</ref>

==See also==
*[First State Bank of Le Roy](/source/First_State_Bank_of_Le_Roy), the third bank designed by Purcell and Elmslie

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Exchange State Bank}}

{{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota}}

Category:Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Category:Buildings and structures in Mower County, Minnesota
Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1910
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Mower County, Minnesota
Category:Prairie School architecture in Minnesota
Category:Purcell and Elmslie buildings

{{Minnesota-NRHP-stub}}

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