Elmore County Courthouse - East Wetumpka Commercial Historic District - Wetumpka, AL
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The Elmore County Courthouse is located on East Commerce Street, between South Main Street and Hill Street, in Wetumpka, Alabama. It marks the southern edge of the district.
Waymark Code: WMHXQE
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/24/2013
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The Elmore County Courthouse was built in 1931, making it one of the newer buildings in the district. The summary information from the Nomination Form gives the outline of the information on the building:
"45. __ Commerce Street. 1931. Elmore County Court House. Monumental two story neoclassical building with Egyptian Art Deco overtones. Central loggia supported by eight massive, fluted columns. Architrave embellished with large modi11ions and flowerettes. Metal sash windows."
The following gives a general understanding of the scope of the district:
"The East Wetumpka Commercial District encompasses most of the central business district of Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama, a town of about 5,000 people. It is a concentration of buildings clustered at the foot of a steep ridge on a bluff on the eastern side of the Coosa River. The District includes roughly five blocks but has tended to follow topography and old territorial road patterns rather than the early survey and plat maps in its development. The topography of the district provides for interesting walkways and steps as the district rises to the east from the river's edge.
The East Wetumpka Commercial District is bounded roughly on the west by the boundaries of the previously designated Bibb Graves Bridge, the east by Spring Street, the south by the southern most lot line of the Elmore County Court House and on the north by an irregular boundary based on current lot lines. (See map for precise boundaries.) It is a cohesive collection of 19th and early 20th Century commercial buildings but also includes a c.1820 structure traditionally thought to be the City's first jail.(#69)"
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): East Wetumpka Commercial Historic District
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link]
Address:
100 East Commerce Street
Wetumpka, AL 36092
How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below)
Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]
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