due ▁State ▁Bank ▁in ▁Indiana , ▁also ▁designed ▁by ▁S ull ivan . ▁ ▁Struct ur ally ▁the ▁building ▁is ▁a ▁rect angular ▁box , ▁with ▁a ▁magnific ent ▁main ▁fac ade ▁and ▁a ▁window ed ▁side ▁fac ade . ▁ ▁Although ▁this ▁building ▁is ▁smaller ▁than ▁either ▁his ▁O w at onna ▁or ▁C ed ar ▁Rap ids ▁banks ▁it ▁appears ▁just ▁as ▁monument al . ▁ ▁This ▁is ▁due ▁largely ▁to ▁the ▁o vers ized ▁cart ou che ▁that ▁surr ounds ▁a ▁circular ▁window ▁on ▁the ▁Four th ▁Street ▁fac ade . ▁ ▁Light ▁is ▁introduced ▁into ▁the ▁interior ▁by ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁st ained ▁glass ▁windows ▁that ▁alternate ▁with ▁struct ural ▁posts ▁down ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁building ▁and ▁through ▁the ▁colored ▁glass ▁sk yl ight ▁that ▁compr ises ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁ce iling . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁bank ▁hous ed ▁the ▁structure ▁and ▁its ▁location , ▁the ▁small ▁town ▁of ▁Gr inn ell ▁did ▁not ▁war rant ▁national ▁attention . ▁ ▁Yet ▁the ▁un ve iling ▁of ▁the ▁Louis ▁S ull ivan ▁building ▁was ▁given ▁national ▁coverage ▁in ▁the ▁architect ural ▁press ▁of ▁the ▁day . ▁ ▁The ▁Mer ch ants ' ▁Bank ▁was ▁thus ▁featured ▁in ▁an ▁eleven - page ▁spread ▁in ▁The ▁Western ▁Arch itect ' s ▁February ▁ 1 9 1 6 ▁edition . ▁ ▁As ▁he ▁did ▁in ▁his ▁banks ▁in ▁C ed ar ▁Rap ids ▁and ▁Sid ney , ▁Ohio , ▁S ull ivan ▁used ▁l ions , ▁or ▁at ▁least ▁a ▁gro tes