Merchants and Planters Bank - VIlla Rica, GA
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YoSam.
N 33° 43.950 W 084° 55.166
16S E 692752 N 3734440
This building was built as the Merchants and Planter Bank, which folded in 1927.
Waymark Code: WM10X0P
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2019
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County of building: Carroll County
Location of building: Temple St., 2nd store front E. of Loft Lane, Villa Rica
Originally: Merchants and Planters Bank, then Camp Cap Company
Current: Vacant
"The block bounded by Temple Street, North Candler and Church streets, and Loft Lane is a series of
five attached buildings, which house the Camp Cap Company. Arlia Palmer Camp began making
caps for friends and family. Mrs. Camp and her sons decided to make hats and sell them on a larger
scale. Camp Cap has operated on the block since the 1930s and currently occupies the entire city
block. The Villa Rican, one of the town's first newspapers, and the first bank in Villa Rica, the
Merchants and Planters Bank, were located in this block. Merchants and Planters was built in 1907
and failed in 1927. This block included a cotton warehouse, W. G. Johnson General Merchandise,
and Strickland and Son Harness Shop." ~ NRHP Nomination Form