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 a 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 has been used by various banks since, including the First National Bank of Columbus in 1974.[2] It was known to locals as the Iron Bank.[3] It is located at 1048 Broadway.
First National Bank | |
.jpg) Bank of Columbus (First National Bank of Columbus) photograph by the Historic American Buildings Survey | |
  Location in Georgia  Location in United States | |
| Location | 1048 Broadway, Columbus, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 32°27′52″N 84°59′36″W / 32.46444°N 84.99333°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1860 |
| Built by | William H. Young |
| Architectural style | Italian Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000697[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 1, 1974 |
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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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b Georgia Home Building, Columbus Vanishing South Georgia
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