- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- GOVERNMENT BUILDING-GAINESVILLE.
- Date of Original:
- 1919
- Subject:
- Post office buildings--Georgia--Gainesville
Architecture--Georgia--Gainesville
Georgia--Politics and government--Gainesville
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments--Georgia--Gainesville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Gainesville, 1919. U.S Post Office located at the corner of Washington and Green Streets was completed in 1910. The statue at the left of the building is of Christopher Columbus Sanders (1840-1908). During the Civil War he served as colonel of the 24th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry. He was a prominent member of the community; was involved in banking; and traveled in the Holy Land, giving lectures upon his return. During the tornado which struck the city April 6, 1936, the statue of Sanders was knocked down and broken.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_hal030
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:hal030
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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