Citizens Banking Company
Citizens Banking Company is located in Georgia
Citizens Banking Company
Citizens Banking Company is located in the United States
Citizens Banking Company
Location112-116 N. Main St., Baxley, Georgia
Coordinates31°46′38″N 82°20′55″W / 31.77722°N 82.34861°W / 31.77722; -82.34861
Arealess than one acre
Built1912
NRHP reference No.85000932[1]
Added to NRHPMay 2, 1985

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.

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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