Legacy Work · Commercial · Mid-Century Modern
First National Bank, Southside Branch
2791 Houston Avenue · Macon, Georgia
W. Elliott Dunwody, Jr.’s 1957 Southside branch bank closed in 2000 and later became the youngest building named to Historic Macon’s Fading Five.
- Built
- 1957
- Address
- 2791 Houston Avenue
- Bank closed
- 2000
- Fading Five
- 2021
The project
First National Bank and Trust Company opened its Southside branch at 2791 Houston Avenue in 1957. Historic Macon identifies W. Elliott Dunwody, Jr. as the architect.
The one-story building combines a broad overhanging roof, a glazed banking lobby, and a formal entrance that preservation records describe as mixing mid-century modern, Art Deco, and temple-front references.
The branch closed in 2000. Historic Macon placed it on the Fading Five in 2021, making it the youngest building the organization had selected at that time.
Research record
Sources and provenance
Project facts and photography were archived from the firm’s public portfolio and cross-checked against the supplementary sources below.
Historic Macon project photograph preserved for the owner-authorized Atelier record.