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Old Posted Oct 20, 2009, 4:28 PM
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HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Regions Bank is making a major deposit toward preserving Huntsville's early history.
The Birmingham-based bank will give its stately Courthouse Square branch, Alabama's oldest continually operated bank, to the Big Spring Partners downtown redevelopment group in February. The building occupies the very spot where the city's namesake, John Hunt, built his cabin in 1805.
Officials with Regions Bank, Big Spring Partners and the city of Huntsville have scheduled a 2 p.m. news conference today to announce the donation.
"This is an absolute jewel in our revitalization of the downtown area," Big Spring Partners Executive Director Dr. Mary Jane Caylor said Monday. "It's just going to be a tremendous shot of adrenaline. We're ecstatic."
Ron Poteat, Regions' area president, said the company will close the 174-year-old bank on Jan. 29 and transfer all employees to the Holmes Avenue branch a few blocks away.
Built in 1835, the Regions Bank building on Huntsville's Courthouse Square is the oldest continually operated bank in Alabama.
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2009/10/..._its_hist.html
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