Construction work brings to light the facade of a structure built in 1927 at 209 Broad Street. The date is in the escutcheon above the remains of the front door. Originally, there were white columns on either side of the building, in front of the facade.
There was a building boom on Broad Street in 1927 and both Kingsport National Bank and this, The Farmers and Merchants Bank, opened up around June of that year. In 1945, it became Sullivan County Bank. At some later date, it was home to Harris & Graves Insurance. By 1959, it was the Moore & Walker Insurance building.
Garrett & Garrett Attorneys, as you can see, had the upper floor.
Bob Lawrence's Kingsport 