Newspaper Tidbit: Manassas (19 December 1915)

Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
19 December 1915

MANASSAS

[Special to the Times-Dispatch]

MANASSAS, VA., December 18.--J. P. Leachman, treasurer of Prince William County, and his deputy, C. C. Leachman, will move their offices the first of the year from the National Bank Building to the office rooms in the M.I.C. Building, formerly occupied by Dr. R. E. Wine.

Dr. W. A. Newman yesterday entertained the members of the Medical Society of Prince William County at his residence on Main Street.

Miss Bessie Edmonds and Miss Katie Gilbrotzer, of Alexandria, were guests at the home of Mrs. L. E. Pope this week.

Mrs. Dennis O'Neil of Manassas recently visited her sister, Mrs. Sallie Armick at Barboursville. On Thursday night during the high wind the Armick home at that place was totally destroyed by fire, the family saving none of the household effects except clothing.

The Young Ladies' Bridge Club was entertained at the home of Miss Bessie Walker, on Main Street, to-day.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Watkins of Alexandria spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Wenrich.

Mrs. N. L. Turner, of The Plains, was the guest of her mother, Mrs. P. P Chapman, during the first of the week.

Those Places Thursday: National Bank of Manassas

The National Bank of Manassas was established in July 1895 and operated from 1896 to 1956.  Henry Fairfax Lynn was the Bank's first president and R. H. Lynn was its vice president.  It was originally located at 9406 Main Street but moved to the corner of Main and Center Streets in 1912.

1938

April 20, 1911 Manassas Democrat

December 22, 1922 Manassas Journal

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When the National Bank of Manassas closed and the building was repurposed, the four front columns and the iron window bars were donated to Woodbine Baptist Church!  The columns now support the church's portico and the iron bars have been reshaped into a trellis for the Woodbine cemetery.