Dawson Bank Museum in Dawson, Minnesota occupies the former First National Bank Building, a prominent Richardsonian Romanesque landmark of brownstone and polished granite that reflected the town’s prosperity around the turn of the century and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Closely tied to early Dawson figure Christopher M. Anderson, the building later became a community museum after renovation completed in 2018. Its history includes a dramatic 1930 bank robbery in which eight captives were locked in an airtight vault and narrowly rescued. Today it preserves local history through artifacts, veterans’ exhibits, and other collections while safeguarding one of Dawson’s notable historic buildings.