- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- National Bank of Athens (Athens, Ga.)
- Creator:
- Linley, John
- Date of Original:
- 1981-03
- Subject:
- Southern Mutual Insurance Company
National Bank of Athens
Kinko's Copy Center
Mr. Haircut Barbershop
Gothic Revival
Italianate
European
Brick
Stucco
Plaster
Coating (material)
Stores, Retail
Stores
Mercantile buildings
Commercial buildings
Banks (buildings)
Financial institutions
Architecture--Georgia--Augusta
Architecture--Georgia--Richmond County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: Broad and Jackson Streets, Athens, Ga.
Two-story stuccoed brick building featuring four full-length Italianate windows and a circular ventilator in the central eave. The roof of the facade is topped by a Gothic Revival style battlement. The ground floor storefront has been changed, but otherwise the exterior remains intact. Kinko's copy center shares the building with Mr. Haircut Barbershop in this image. In 1866 a number of Athens' leading citizens founded the National Bank of Athens to stimulate an economic recovery from the Civil War. Henry Hull, Jr. was elected the first president. For its first ten years, the bank operated in half of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company Building on the northwest corner of Broad and Jackson Streets. When Southern Mutual built a new building in 1876, the National Bank acquired this 1855 structure. Known for many years as "Bank Corner," this site remained the headquarters of the National Bank until 1959 when the bank moved to a new building at Broad and Lumpkin. The National Bank of Athens was eventually acquired by the Trust Company of Georgia. For more information see Reap, James. Athens: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, Va.: The Donning Company, c1982, p. 135.
Slide annotated: "Broad St. Stores."
Date of structure: 1855. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc0249
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc0249#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc0249/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of image], John Linley, Box 8
- Extent:
- 1 slide : color
- Holding Institution:
- Owens Library
- Rights:
-
