Of note is the building's rather high number of owners: since its construction, Home Building Association Bank has been home to two financial institutions, a butcher shop, a jewelry store, and an ice cream parlor.

For this project, Sullivan was given a narrow lot but made the building larger by making it two stories high, something that he did not typically do in his banks.

The color scheme chosen here deviates from his normal red-brown brick tapestry surface.

Instead the building is covered with gray-green terra cotta slabs that are edged with typical Sullivanesque border designs.

The ornamentation included a winged lion quite similar to the ones to be found in Cedar Rapids, Grinnell and Sidney.