- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of the First Baptist Church on fire, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, 1960 Feb. 12]
- Date of Original:
- 1960
- Subject:
- Fires--Georgia--Gainesville
Fire engines--Georgia--Gainesville
Church buildings--Georgia--Gainesville
Architecture--Georgia--Gainesville
Disasters--Georgia--Gainesville
Municipal services--Georgia--Gainesville
Gainesville (Ga.)--Religion
Transportation--Georgia--Gainesville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Gainesville, Feb. 12, 1960. Firemen fighting the blaze which destroyed the First Baptist Church located at the corner of Green and Washington Streets. The church building had been dedicated in 1909. 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.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_hal243
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:hal243
- 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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