Eulalia Building

In 1916 William Hartwell (W.H.) Nunnally completed his triad of buildings on North Broad with the opening of the Eulalia Building. The W.H. Nunnally Company, two buildings to the south, had opened in 1885. This was followed in about 1905 by the opening of the Nunnally Building next door, and now, the crowning touch, the beautiful Eulalia Building. A beautiful building for a beautiful lady. W.H. had married the beautiful, cultured, educated, and talented Eulalia Gober from Jefferson, Georgia, in 1878.

Eulalia had gone home to Good Hope to manage the household on their farm, having never lived on a farm in her life. They continued to farm for seven years before moving to Monroe in 1885. In our county history, Wayfarers in Walton, Anita Sams writes of the young couple starting out in Good Hope: “The enthusiasm with which this inexperienced girl entered into farm life with her enterprising young husband and the humor and tender understanding with which they met and overcame their problems carry a lesson inclined to linger with the reader for a long time. In later life, Mr. Nunnally became a successful merchant and progressive leader, and Mrs. Nunnally was recognized as one of this area's most brilliant and civic-minded women.

The Eulalia Building opened in 1916, and, like the Nunnally Building next door and other similar buildings in town, the street level provided storefronts for four businesses. The second floor, on the other hand, housed office space for various companies, including insurance agencies, real estate firms, doctors' offices, dental practices, and government agencies.