- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Gainesville Post Office and Christopher Columbus Sanders, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, not before 1936 Apr. 6]
- Date of Original:
- 1936/1994
- Subject:
- Post office buildings--Georgia--Gainesville
Architecture--Georgia--Gainesville
Municipal services--Georgia--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, after April 6, 1936. 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 had been erected to honor 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; had banking interests; visited the Holy Land and then gave lectures about his trips. During a tornado which struck the city on April 6, 1936, the figure of Sanders which topped this monument was knocked down and broken.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_hal239
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:hal239
- 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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