Citizens Banking Company

The Citizens Banking Company, at 112-116 N. Main St. in Baxley in Appling County, Georgia, was built in 1911. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Citizens Banking Company
Location112-116 N. Main St., Baxley, Georgia
Coordinates31°46′38″N 82°20′55″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1912
NRHP reference No.85000932[1]
Added to NRHPMay 2, 1985

Its first floor includes a section which was originally a bank, with an oblique corner entrance, and also separate commercial space. The original bank was closed and sold at auction in 1917; two other banks subsequently used the bank space.

It was deemed "significant in architecture as a fine example of a building built to be a bank and commercial structure during the early 20th-century Neoclassical era" including that it "exemplifies the strong, secured look that bankers sought in their turn-of-the-century buildings, obviously to stress the strength of their institution" and that it "is also a good and relatively early use of poured reinforced concrete construction in a small Georgia town." It was deemed "significant in commerce as a good example of the development of a small-town pre-Depression banking and commercial institution in the early 20th century."[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. (March 4, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Citizens Banking Company". National Park Service. Retrieved August 30, 2017. With nine photos from 1984.
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