The Historic Park Inn Hotel and City National Bank are two adjacent commercial buildings located in downtown Mason City, Iowa, United States which were designed in the Prairie School style by the renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Completed in 1910, the Park Inn Hotel is the last remaining Frank Lloyd Wright-designed hotel in the world, of the six for which he was the architect of record. The City National Bank is one of only two remaining Frank Lloyd Wright-designed banks in the world. It was the first Frank Lloyd Wright-designed project in the state of Iowa, and today carries both major architectural and historical significance. In 1999, the Park Inn Hotel was named on the Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance's Most Endangered Properties List.
Front of the Historic Park Inn Hotel (right) and side of the City National Bank Building (left
The restored lobby of the Historic Park Inn.
The restored Skylight Room of the Historic Park Inn.
Image: Park Inn Hotel, Exterior 2
Mason City is a city and the county seat of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 27,338 in the 2020 census. Mason City is known for its musical heritage, high concentrations of renowned Prairie School style architecture, and a close connection with nearby resort town Clear Lake.
Ebeling Meat Market, Main Street, 1914
Post card from 1910 of Mason City Hide and Fur Company of Mason City Iowa
Meredith Willson boyhood home in Music Man Square
The Dr. G.C. Stockman House