Union Bank Building - Tallahassee, Florida

Title

• Union Bank Building - Tallahassee, Florida

Image Number

• RC08904

Year

• Between 1870 and 1874

Series Title

• General: Reference collection

General Note

• The sign reads, "National Freedman's Savings and Trust Co."

Biography Note

• The building was built ca. 1830 by William Williams. The bank failed in 1843, and later operated as a Freedman's bank from after the Civil War until 1879. The building has been used as a church, feed store, art house, coffee house, dance studio, locksmith's shop, beauty shop, and shoe factory. Moved in 1971 from the original site on the west side of Adams, between College and Park, to just east of the Capitol on Apalachee Parkway and Calhoun Avenue.

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 7 in.

Subject Term

• Bank buildings--Florida--Tallahassee

Geographic Term

• Tallahassee (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Subject Corporate

• National Freedman's Savings and Trust Co.
• Union Bank Building (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: 16872.

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