- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- First National Bank of Atlanta
- Creator:
- Hills, Thomas D.
- Date of Original:
- 2003-10-20
- Subject:
- First National Bank of Atlanta
Wachovia Corporation
Banks and banking--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about The First National Bank of Atlanta. The First National Bank of Atlanta (also called First Atlanta) is the successor bank to Atlanta National Bank, which was federally chartered in September 1865, after the Civil War (1861-65). It is the longest continually operating banking organization in the city of Atlanta. For a number of years in the mid-twentieth century, the First National Bank of Atlanta was the largest commercial bank in the southeastern United States, as measured by bank deposits.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/first-national-bank-of-atlanta/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "First National Bank of Atlanta/Wachovia Bank, N.A.," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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