W.H. Nunnally Building

The Nunnally Building was built by 1905. The Methodists were building a new sanctuary at the SW corner of North Broad and Highland. Pictures of the sanctuary under construction do not show the Nunnally Building; however, when the sanctuary was completed in 1907, the Nunnally Building was also completed.

The Nunnally Building, like the W.H. Nunnally Company, just to the south, was built by William Hartwell (W.H.) Nunnally. A few years later, he would follow this up with the construction of the Eulalia Building, named for his wife, Eulalia Gober Nunnally. Several buildings on Broad Street share a similar construction and purpose to the Nunnally Building. The spaces on the street level housed shops and businesses, and the second floor provided office space for many diverse businesses, such as lawyers, insurance companies, cotton buyers, government agencies, doctors, and dentists, and in the case of the Nunnally Building, we are told there was even a skating rink in 1905.

Two of the longest tenants on the street level were Hearn’s Hardware and the Manhattan Café. Hearn’s moved to the Nunnally Building shortly after it was built and was a tenant well into the 1980s. The Manhattan Café, owned and operated by Charlie and Rena Tregone, opened in 1914 and called the Nunnally Building home for 41 years. It was a North Georgia favorite known for its fine cuisine and classic table settings.

Dozens of businesses and agencies have had offices in the Nunnally Building over its 120-year history. Here is a partial list :

D. S. Aycock

R. L. & H. C. Cox, Lawyers

F. B. Felker, Office

G.P. Hammond, Dentist

Morris Kelly

Pay Station Office

Gertie’s Beauty Parlor

Walton County Welfare Office

Walton County Health Office

William Preston, Lawyer

Georgia VFW Headquarters

Jo’s Glamour Shoppe

James F. Matthews, Optometrist

T.M. Bryant, Real Estate

Louise’s Beauty Shop

Paul Pachal, Lawyer

Monroe Photo Service

Charles Whitley’s Office

Harvey Hutchings Photo Service

YMCA Office

Sometime in the 1970s, the Nunnally Building adopted a Tudor style. Part of that addition remains today.