216 West Side Square
"First National Bank of Huntsville. Madison County National Register Of Historic Places Listing, 1974. (HHF Website)"
District: Other (780)
Built: 1835
Sign: Huntsville Historical Society Marker; Alabama Historical Association Marker
Location: Map ↗
District: Other (780)
Built: 1835
Sign: Huntsville Historical Society Marker; Alabama Historical Association Marker
Location: Map ↗
Item 31 of 41 (8516)
Back: First National Bank Building, Huntsville, AlabamaThis building has been a landmark for over a century. The very same hold-up-proof cashier's cages of today were used as detention cells in 1835 where slaves were impounded for the debts of their masters.
Source: Anderson News Company, Florence, Ala.
Rights: From the postcard collection of George and Peg Heeschen, The Southpaw, Huntsville, Alabama
