- Collection:
- Hall County Georgia Historical Photograph Collection
- Title:
- U.S. Post Office
- Date of Original:
- 1910/1936
- Subject:
- Post office buildings--Georgia--Gainesville
Tornadoes--Georgia--Gainesville
Monuments--Georgia--Gainesville
Federal Building (Gainesville, Ga.)
Old Post Office (Gainesville, Ga.)
First Baptist Church (Gainesville, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- U.S. Post Office. Photograph showing the former home to the U.S. Post Office, built prior to 1911. It is located on the southwest corner of South Green Street & East Washington Street. In the corner on South Green Street is the Confederate monument (destroyed by the 1936 tornado) dedicated to Col. C.C. Sanders. In the background is First Baptist Church, showing the dome destroyed by the 1936 tornado. Since 1974, the old U.S. Post Office building has been used as the Federal Building. The new Post Office, located at 364 Green Street N.E., was dedicated on April 26, 1967.
Caption: "Hall County Library Photo Collection (0237) 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_0237
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hall/hchp/do:0237
- 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 20 cm.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of: Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Hall County Library System (Ga.)
- Rights:
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