Alonzo Herndon

Alonzo Franklin Herndon (June 26, 1858 – July 21, 1927) was an American businessman and the founder and president of the "Atlanta Life Insurance Company". Born into slavery, he became Atlanta's first black millionaire. His home, Herndon Home, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. His son, Norris Herndon, expanded the company into a multi-million dollar empire. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n4_v44/ai_7044962 Who left what behind: wills of famous blacks; while some left millions, others left nothing but legal problems | Ebony | Find Articles at BNET.com] citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/00000261.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Herndon Home] |32 KB|date=November 1999 |author=Frank J. J. Miele, John Sprinkle and Patti Henry |publisher=National Park Service (includes biography of Alonzo Herndon) and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/00000261.pdf "Accompanying six photos, of Herndon and family and of exterior and interior of mansion, from c. 1910, c. 1915, 1998"] |32 KB]

ee also

* Herndon Stadium

References

External links

* [http://www.atlantalife.com/main.asp?urh=herndonFoundation Atlanta Life; Herndon Foundation]
* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1917 The New Georgia Encyclopedia; Alonzo Herndon]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/atlanta/her.htm National Park Service--Registery of Historic Places; Herndon Home]
* [http://www.sweetauburn.us/alherndon.htm Sweet Auburn Avenue; Alonzo Franklin Herndon]
* [http://www.atlantaga.gov/government/urbandesign_herndonhomes.aspx City of Atlanta Online; Herndon Home]