Louisville in Jefferson County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

First National Bank & Trust Building

1919

— Louisville Commercial Historic District —

First National Bank & Trust Building Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, October 11, 2023

1. First National Bank & Trust Building Marker

Inscription. This property
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.

Location. 32° 59.994′ N, 82° 24.577′ W. Marker is in Louisville, Georgia, in Jefferson County. Marker is at the intersection of West Broad Street (Business U.S. 1) and Georgia Route 24W, on the right when traveling east on West Broad Street. The marker is mounted at knee-level, directly on the subject building, on the right side of the front entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 West Broad Street, Louisville GA 30434, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Market House (within shouting distance of this marker); Louisville U.S. Bicentennial Time Capsule (within shouting distance of this marker); Knights of Pythias Building (within shouting distance of this marker); The Louisville Drug Store (within shouting distance of this marker); Abbot & Stone Building (within shouting

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distance of this marker); The Sacking of Louisville (within shouting distance of this marker); Nancy Hart Highway (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Louisville, Georgia (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Louisville.

Regarding First National Bank & Trust Building. Contributing Property, Louisville Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places #93001469.

From the National Register Nomination:
Downtown Louisville also exhibits two outstanding bank buildings exhibiting temple-front motifs, both located on the southwest side of Broad Street within a block of each other. The older of the two is the First National Bank Building, constructed ca. 1900, a relatively small, one-story building featuring engaged Greek Doric columns.
The primary commercial area in Louisville has always been confined to Broad Street and has never extended beyond this four-block district, so all of the historic commercial development has occurred within this small area. Today relatively little about Louisville recalls its alleged roots as a "Washington" -type city, but a close inspection gives some clues
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, October 11, 2023

2. First National Bank & Trust Building Marker
The marker is mounted at knee-level, under the window on the right side of the front entrance.
as to its original appearance. For one, all of the blocks in the commercial and original residential areas are of equal size — square in shape and four acres in area. The city was originally laid out on 40 acres with a governmental square sited on a rise, and it was apparently intended that this square be at or very near the center of the town. The uniformity present among city blocks and the fact that the governmental square was apparently intended to be at the center of the town would suggest that the Louisville plan may indeed have been modeled after Washington, Georgia, laid out only a few years before Louisville.

Also see . . . Louisville Commercial Historic District (Wikipedia). Excerpt:

The town was laid out in 1794. It was named Louisville pursuant to 1786 plans of the Georgia Legislature for a new state capital. Louisville served as capital of the state of Georgia for 11 years, from 1796 to 1806; the capital then moved to Milledgeville. The commercial area declined during the 1920s and 1930s from the economic effects of the boll weevil and the Great Depression.

(Submitted on December 13, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

First National Bank & Trust Building (<i>northeast elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, October 11, 2023

3. First National Bank & Trust Building (northeast elevation)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 125 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 13, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.