Bank of Sumner

Sumner, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

Located in Sumner, Iowa, the Bank of Sumner is a two-story Queen Anne style brick building erected in 1897 to replace an earlier frame bank established by Stephen F. Cass. The structure features a distinctive corner clock tower, pilasters dividing the slightly inset bays, and a corbelled brick cornice. Built during a period of commercial expansion in town following the arrival of the Chicago Great Western Railway, the building originally housed Cass's banking operations, which failed during the Great Depression in 1931. The post office vacated the premises in 1933, and a bakery subsequently occupied the space for decades. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.