- Collection:
- Hall County Georgia Historical Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Destruction of the Hall County Court House
- Date of Original:
- 1936-04
- Subject:
- Tornadoes--Georgia--Gainesville
Natural disasters--Georgia--Gainesville
Buildings--Natural disaster effects--Georgia--Gainesville
Rubble--Georgia--Gainesville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Destruction of the Hall County Court House, April 1936 . Digitized reproduction of a photograph showing the destruction after the April 6, 1936 tornado. Five of Gainesville's six principal churches were destroyed or badly damaged by the tornado of April 6, 1936. The St. Paul Methodist Church was destroyed and Grace Episcopal Church was flattened to the ground. The First Baptist, First Methodist, and Catholic churches were damaged inside and outside the buildings. Notice the remains of the Hall County Courthouse in the upper left corner of this photograph.
Caption: "Hall County Library Photo Collection (0128) Gainesville, Georgia."
Digitized by: Digital Techniques, Inc.
Electronic version made available through a federal Library Services and Technology Act Grant and Georgia Public Library Services. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:hall_hchp_0128
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hall/hchp/do:0128
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Name of photograph], Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection, Hall County Library System.
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 17 cm.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of: Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Hall County Library System (Ga.)
- Rights:
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