- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of ruins of the First Baptist Church, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, 1960]
- Date of Original:
- 1960
- Subject:
- Church buildings--Georgia--Gainesville
Architecture--Georgia--Gainesville
Municipal services--Georgia--Gainesville
Gainesville (Ga.)--Religion
Cities and towns--Georgia--Gainesville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Gainesville, 1960. Ruins of the First Baptist Church located at the corner of Green and Washington Streets. The church had been dedicated in 1909. It was destroyed by fire on Feb. 12, 1960. The damage was said to have been put at $600,000. After the fire, Warren Castle purchased the columns and let Brevard Williams put them in his pasture located north of Dillard, Ga. in Rabun County. They mark the line between Georgia and North Carolina. The columns are being removed here.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_hal241
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:hal241
- 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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