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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = First National Bank
| nrhp_type = indcp
| nocat = yes
| partof = [[Washington Avenue Commercial Historic District]]
| partof_refnum = 12000889
| image = First national iowa falls.jpg
| caption =
| location= 601 Washington Ave.<br>[[Iowa Falls, Iowa]]
| coordinates = {{coord|42|31|10|N|93|15|51.7|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Iowa#USA
| built = 1918
| architect = Lytle Company
| architecture = [[Neoclassical architecture|Classical Revival]]
| added = October 1, 1993
| area = less than one acre
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500163|title=Iowa Falls MPS}}
| refnum = 93000958<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
}}
'''First National Bank''' is a historic building located in [[Iowa Falls, Iowa]], United States.  The bank traces its founding to 1882 when the Commercial Bank of Iowa Falls was established.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Iowa Falls State Bank » History|url=https://www.ifsbank.com/history/|access-date=2021-04-11|website=www.ifsbank.com}}</ref>  Its name was changed to First National when they built a two-story brick building at this location two years later.  In 1917 the bank decided it needed a new facility, so they turned to the Lytle Company of [[Sioux City, Iowa]], which specialized in designing bank buildings.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=93000958}}|title=First National Bank|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|accessdate=2016-11-08|author=Molly Myers Naumann}} with {{NRHP url|id=93000958|photos=y|title=photos}}</ref>  They designed this two-story brick [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] structure.  A rich surface pattern on the building was achieved with the use of [[terra cotta]] and special colors of brick.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>  First National continued in business here until December 21, 1932, when it closed its doors.  Iowa Falls State Bank was organized and opened in this building on May 25, 1933.  In more recent years they expanded into the modern building immediately to the west.
The building was individually listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1993.   It was included as a [[contributing property]] in the [[Washington Avenue Commercial Historic District]] in 2012.<ref name=Naumann>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=12000889}}|title=Washington Avenue Commercial Historic District|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|accessdate=2016-11-08|author=Molly Myers Naumann}}</ref>
==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
{{NRHP in Hardin County, Iowa}}
[[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1918]]
[[Category:Iowa Falls, Iowa]]
[[Category:Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Hardin County, Iowa]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hardin County, Iowa]]
[[Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Iowa]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Iowa]]
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