First National Bank (Columbus, Georgia)

First National Bank
Bank of Columbus (First National Bank of Columbus) photograph by the Historic American Buildings Survey
Location 1048 Broadway, Columbus, Georgia
Coordinates 32°27′52″N 84°59′36″W / 32.46444°N 84.99333°W / 32.46444; -84.99333Coordinates: 32°27′52″N 84°59′36″W / 32.46444°N 84.99333°W / 32.46444; -84.99333
Area less than one acre
Built 1860 (1860)
Architectural style Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference # 74000697[1]
Added to NRHP November 1, 1974

First National Bank, also known as Bank of Columbus, is a historic building in Columbus, Georgia. It is a cast iron office building built for the Bank of Columbus at cost of $50,000 and used by the bank during 1860-66. After the bank apparently went bankrupt, the building was bought at auction for $28,000 by the Georgia Home Insurance Company. It was used by various banks since, including by First National Bank of Columbus in 1974.[2] It was known to locals as Iron Bank and is now known as the First Broadway Building.[3] It is located at 1048 Broadway.

The building was featured on a 50 cent paper note issued by the Bank of Columbus.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

The building's cast iron front and cast iron cage were shipped from New York and Pittsburgh.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Elizabeth Z. Macgregor and Carole Stevens (1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First National Bank (Broadway Branch) / The Bank of Columbus". National Park Service. with photo from 1968
  3. 1 2 Georgia Home Building, Columbus Vanishing South Georgia


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