Alonzo Herndon 1858-1927

Born enslaved in 1858, Alonzo Herndon rose from a Sweet Auburn barbershop to found Atlanta Life Insurance in 1905, becoming the city's first Black millionaire and a pillar of its Black business district.

Alonzo Herndon 1858-1927 is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 2017. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.7557, -84.3838 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Southern Bell Telephone Company Building (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Original Coca-Cola Botting Company, National Medical Association: Medicine in the Civil Rights Movement, and First Congregational Church United Church of Christ.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.