First National Bank, Huntsville

Name: First National Bank
Address: Huntsville, United States

#32 among attractions in Huntsville

Greek Revival architecture

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The First National Bank is a historic bank building in Huntsville, Alabama. The temple-form Greek Revival structure was built in 1835–1836. Designed by locally famous architect George Steele, it occupies a prominent position, facing the courthouse square and sitting on a bluff directly above the Big Spring. It was the longest-serving bank building in Alabama, operating until 2010 when Regions Bank moved their downtown branch to a new location. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. ()

Built: 1835 (189 years ago)Coordinates: 34°43'47"N, 86°35'8"W

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Southwest Huntsville (Downtown Huntsville)Huntsville United States

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First National Bank – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Von Braun Center, Weeden House Museum, Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama Constitution Village.

~1900 ftSW
Sport venue, Convention center, Sport
Von Braun Center, Huntsville
10 min walk • The Von Braun Center, known as the Von Braun Civic Center until 1997, is a multi-purpose indoor arena, meeting, and performing arts complex, with a maximum arena seating capacity of 10,000, located in Huntsville, Alabama.
~990 ftE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Weeden House Museum, Huntsville
5 min walk • The Weeden House Museum is a historic two-story house in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in 1819 for Henry C. Bradford, and designed in the Federal architectural style.
~1030 ftSW
Museum, Art museum
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville
5 min walk • Huntsville Museum of Art is a museum located in Huntsville, Alabama. HMA sits in Big Spring Park within Downtown Huntsville, and serves as a magnet for cultural activities.
~420 ftE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Alabama Constitution Village, Huntsville
3 min walk • The Constitution Hall Park is a historical open-air museum in Huntsville, Alabama, that reenacts life in 1819. The eight buildings include a law office, print shop, land surveyor's office, post office, cabinetmaker's shop and residence. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on October 31, 1975.
~630 ftNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Randolph Street Church of Christ, Huntsville
4 min walk • The Randolph Street Church of Christ is a historic church in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in 1887 in a Gothic Revival style similar to rural churches, but built of brick. Rather than a central entrance, the tower contains doors under pointed toplights on the sides, and a double lancet window joined under a pointed arch.
~370 ftE
34°43'47"N • 86°35'4"W
Harrison Brothers Hardware, Huntsville
2 min walk • Museum, Shopping
~630 ftE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Huntsville
4 min walk • Episcopal Church of the Nativity is a church in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1859. It is noted as one of the most pristine examples of Ecclesiological Gothic architecture in the South.
~550 ftS
Museum
Humphreys–Rodgers House, Huntsville
3 min walk • The Humphreys–Rodgers House is a historic residence in Huntsville, Alabama. Since its construction in 1848, it has been expanded and altered at least three times, saved from demolition twice, and moved once.
~1320 ftE
Frat house
Helion Lodge 1, Huntsville
7 min walk • Helion Lodge #1 is a Masonic lodge in Huntsville, Alabama. It is the oldest operating lodge of Freemasons in the state. According to Grand Historian Joseph Abram Jackson's Masonry in Alabama, it is "the birthplace of Freemasonry in Alabama." Helion Lodge is also the common name for the building, built in 1911, where the lodge meets.
~510 ftSE
Queen Anne architecture
Hundley House, Huntsville
3 min walk • The Hundley House is a historic residence in Huntsville, Alabama. The house was built in 1900 by Oscar Richard Hundley, a lawyer who served as City Attorney, State Representative, State Senator, and was appointed a judge to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
~490 ftNE
Romanesque architecture, Romanesque revival architecture
Schiffman Building, Huntsville
3 min walk • The Schiffman Building is a historic commercial building in Huntsville, Alabama. The main structure of the building was built in 1845. Originally, it was a three-bay brick building divided by large, flat pilasters.

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Which popular attractions are close to First National Bank?

Nearby attractions include Harrison Brothers Hardware, Huntsville (2 min walk), Alabama Constitution Village, Huntsville (3 min walk), Schiffman Building, Huntsville (3 min walk), Hundley House, Huntsville (3 min walk).

How to get to First National Bank by public transport?

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Greyhound (8 min walk)