- Collection:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Presentation Slide Collection, 1968-2000
- Title:
- Wheatley Building
- Creator:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Date of Original:
- 1960/2000
- Subject:
- Architecture
Historic sites--Georgia--Sumter County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Sumter County
Commercial buildings--Georgia--Sumter County
Knights of Pythias
Fraternal organizations
Cultural property--Protection
Historic preservation--Georgia
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Americus, 32.07239, -84.23269
- Medium:
- color slides
downtowns
historic districts
historic preservation
historic buildings - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- An eclectic building with Renaissance characteristics, with several Art Nouveau stained glass windows and terra-cotta medallions. Built in 1892 by Israel Thornton Wheatley, a Pennsylvania transplant who moved to Americus in the early 1850s and fought with the “Sumter Light Guards” throughout the Civil War. Wheatley was a clothier by trade until his retirement in 1905. He constructed the building adjoining this one on the west in 1889. In November 1892, he completed this building, known as the Pythian Castle, because the third floor was utilized by the Knights of Pythias, a fraternal organization. The Victorian Romanesque style building was a Georgia Main Street Awards winner in 1998. Variant names include: Wheatley Building, Thornton Wheatley Building, Pythian Castle. See ref # 76000648 (Americus Historic District) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/national-register-listed-20240710.xlsx
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_495
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_495#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_495/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Rights:
-
