Mason City · Downtown, on Central Park
Historic Park Inn Hotel
The last surviving of the six hotels Frank Lloyd Wright designed, opened in 1910 and restored in 2011 together with the City National Bank next door.
- Built
- 1910Built 1909–10 to Frank Lloyd Wright's design; opened September 10, 1910. Restoration completed September 2011.
- Style
- Prairie School
- Architect
- Frank Lloyd Wright (construction supervised by William Drummond)
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 27
- Area
- Downtown, on Central Park
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Law partners James E. Blythe and J. E. E. Markley commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a combined hotel, bank and law-office building, which opened on September 10, 1910. It is the last surviving of the six hotels Wright designed and served as a prototype for Midway Gardens and Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel. The hotel failed and closed in 1925, its upper floors became apartments, and the building stood empty for about 25 years after 1972. Wright on the Park, Inc. reunited it with the City National Bank and finished a full restoration in September 2011; the bank building adds six rooms and its old lobby is the ballroom.
Good to know
- Address: 15 W. State Street, Mason City, IA
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.