- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Benton Supply Company
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1920
- Subject:
- Buildings--Georgia--Monticello
Commercial buildings--Georgia--Monticello
Men--Georgia--Monticello
Historic buildings--Georgia--Monticello
Department stores--Georgia--Monticello
Horses--Georgia--Monticello
Wagons--Georgia--Monticello
Monticello (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Stores, Retail--Georgia--Monticello - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Jasper County, Monticello, 33.30485, -83.68323
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Throughout the nineteenth century, the Benton Supply Company prospered in Monticello, selling clothing, buggies, and other necessities to the townspeople. Today the renovated building houses Monticello's city hall and visitors' center.
Historic photograph of the Benton Supply Company in Monticello, Georgia. Approximately thirty men stand outside the two-story building, which features large plate-glass windows across the bottom story and five bays of arched windows across the second story. A horse-drawn wagon sits on the street. The words "Benton Supply Company Department Store" are painted across the top of the structure.. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/monticello/m-5587/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Lucille M. Harvey
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/monticello
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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