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Designed with liberal use of terra cotta tile and mosaics, rather than his usual red brick, by noted Chicago architect Louis Sullivan, the building, fondly called the "Old Home," is one of what have been called Sullivan's "Jewel Boxes." After the bank's closing, it has seen life as a butcher shop, jewelry store ice cream parlor, and even a loft residence. | Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.|Purchase; Carol M…