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Former owner:
Phinizy, Mary Lou  Search this
Provenance:
Bush, William G., Mrs.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides
Place:
Georgia -- Augusta
United States of America -- Georgia -- Richmond County -- Augusta
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
Former Title:
Marion Hatcher Center
General:
"The three story Georgian style home was built for his family residence in 1835 by John Phinizy, a wealthy Augusta merchant and businessman. The original home consisted of three floors with an oval two story porch and observatory on the west side of the building. The original home had an outside kitchen which was connected to the main house by a covered walkway, stables, and four smaller homes where the parking lot now sits. John Phinizy passed the home to his son Charles H. Phinizy, whose wife, Mary Lou remodeled the home in 1885, adding the Victorian interior features such as the parlor mantles, parquet floors, leather walls in the second floor entry hallway and beautiful leaded and stained glass windows. Mrs. Phinizy also had the fourth floor added, and during her declining years had a pulley-type elevator installed between the first and second floors, which was one of, if not, the first elevator, installed in a private residence in Augusta. In 1933, Miss Mary Lou Phinizy, the Phinizy's daughter sold the home to Henry W. Poteet and Edward Platt Grealish who used the home as a funeral home. In 1938, they sold the home to Augusta Lodge No. 205, B.P.O. of Elks. In 1949, the Elks added the two story wing on the west side of the building adding two large ballrooms. The home was used until the early 1990's by the Elks as their Club and Conference Center. In January 1996, William G. Hatcher, Sr., owner of MAU, Inc., began renovating the main floor of the building...During 1997, the Greene Street side of the original structure underwent a major facade renovation. Renovations will continue in and outside the building. " (Marion Hatcher Center, http://www.mhatchercenter.com/history.html, 2003)
Gift of Mrs. William G. Bush. See GA013 for Phinizy House on Kings Way.
Historic plate number: "8."
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Porches  Search this
Vines  Search this
Stairs  Search this
Fences  Search this
Walkways  Search this
Garden lighting  Search this
Houses  Search this
Hand-railing  Search this
Gardens -- Georgia -- Augusta  Search this
Genre/Form:
Lantern slides
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item GA012001
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Georgia / GA012: Augusta -- Phinizy House
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6f7f10924-c13d-49c7-86b5-ba9a8a69bf27
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref23476