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| Historic
Name/Owner: |
Nathan
Adams |
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Architect | Builder: |
Chan
Montgomery?? |
| Year: |
1929? |
| Style: |
Italianate |
| Areas
of Significance: |
Art,
Historical |
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City: |
Dallas |
The Nathan Adams House
The Nathan Adams house located near the Dallas Country Club
contained several impressive Mansbendel carvings until they were removed
during renovations in the 1970's according to the current owner. Below
you will see a portfolio photo of a mantle frieze believed to have
been installed in the Adams home.The home also according to records
contained, carved cornices and newel post.
ADAMS, NATHAN (1869-1966). Nathan Adams, banker
and civic leader, was born on November 26, 1869, near Pulaski, Tennessee,
the youngest of seven children of Nathan and Susan (Pankey) Adams.
His father, a major in the Confederate Army and a lawyer, died when
Adams was five years old, and afterward Mrs. Adams taught at Giles
College to support her family. Adams attended public schools in
Pulaski, but a foot injury caused him to quit Giles College after
a year, and the financial needs of his family prevented his return.
He began his business career as cash boy in a general store and
later became a runner for the People's National Bank of Pulaski,
manager of a bookstore, and bookkeeper for both the Giles National
Bank and a grocery store.
When Adams adeptly prepared a statement for a family friend, who
was also treasurer of the Texas and Pacific Railway, the friend
invited him to come to Dallas. In December 1887 Adams borrowed seventy-five
dollars to make the trip and soon thereafter began work as an agent
in the auditing department of the railroad. By the next year, however,
he had returned to banking as a utility and relief man at the National
Exchange Bank. During a series of mergers he rose swiftly through
the ranks. He became the president of the First National Bank of
Dallas, the largest bank in the South, in 1929. In 1944 he became
chairman of the board. He retired in 1950 at the age of eighty as
honorary board chairman.
Adams married Elizabeth Kirtley Ardinger on November 4, 1891; they
had one daughter. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. Although
a conservative Democrat, he opposed prohibition. He lived at the
Scottish Rite Hospital in failing health for the last four years
of his life and died there on June 17, 1966.
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