Coffee County (completed)

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1.   Boll Weevil Monument – Main and College Streets   Enterprise
2.   Coffee County Courthouse – Courthouse Sq.  Elba
3.   Pea River Power Co. Hydroelectric Facility – S of Elba
4.   Rawls Hotel – 116 S Main St.  Enterprise
5.   Seaboard Coastline Depot – Corner of Railroad and W College Sts.  Enterprise

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1.   Boll Weevil Monument – Main and College Streets   Enterprise

The Boll Weevil Monument in downtown Enterprise, Alabama, United States is a prominent landmark and tribute erected by the citizens of Enterprise in 1919 to show their appreciation to an insect, the boll weevil, for its profound influence on the area's agriculture and economy. Hailing the beetle as a "herald of prosperity," it stands as the world's first monument built to honor an agricultural pest.

The Monument consists of a statue of a woman holding a pedestal with a boll weevil perched on top.

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2.   Coffee County Courthouse – Courthouse Sq.  Elba

The Coffee County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in Courthouse Square in Elba, Alabama, one of two county seats of Coffee County, Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1973. It is located at 230 Court Avenue. Elba is subject to frequent floods of the Pea River; high water marks on the courthouse walls indicate the highest level reached in past floods.

Coffee County also has a courthouse in Enterprise that was built in 1998. The Elba courthouse serves the western portion of the county.

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3.   Pea River Power Co. Hydroelectric Facility – S of Elba

The Pea River Power Company Hydroelectric Facility, on the Pea River in Coffee County, Alabama, near Elba, Alabama, was built in 1911. The listing includes one contributing building and one contributing structure.

It is significant as "one of the earliest private ventures (1911-1914) in Alabama of the use of waterpower to produce electrical power and transmit it by high voltage lines to more than one destination", in this case to Troy, Alabama, 30 miles (48 km) away, and other locations not adjacent to the site.

Also, "Along with two other hydroelectric facilities, both completed in 1930 and still in operation, the Elba facility was one of the original hydroelectric generating facilities owned by the Alabama Electric Cooperative. The A.E.C., which began operation in 1944 with aid from the Rural Electric Administration, was the driving force behind the electrification of central and south Alabama."

The structure is located down a dirt road and behind a closed gate. You can see it in the background of one of the photos.

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4.   Rawls Hotel – 116 S Main St.  Enterprise

Rawls Hotel, at 116 S. Main St. in Enterprise, Alabama, was built in 1903 and was expanded in 1923. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

It is a brick building, with the brick being load-bearing, and is stucco-faced, and has "Spanish Mission" style. It was built by contractor John D.C. McKinnon. The 1903 section, fronting on Main Street, is 76 by 61 feet (23 m × 19 m) in plan, and has two one-story storefronts and a two-story pavilion containing them plus a central hallway leading to the hotel lobby. The 1928 section is a three-story, U-shaped 100 by 95 feet (30 m × 29 m) portion facing Railroad Street and the train depot. The original section was altered somewhat in the 1928 renovation. It has a "raised, stepped, curvilinear parapet with cement coping painted a rich brown" hiding its flat roof.

The building was deemed significant "as one of the most elaborate buildings in Coffee County. Constructed by Japenth Rawls about 1903 and remodeled and enlarged by his nephew, Jesse P. Rawls, in [1928], it is located across from the train station (NRHP 8-7-74) and has served as a landmark and central meeting place for the citizens of Enterprise. The building is also significant for its associations with the Rawls -- a family which was important in the early growth and prosperity of the city. The elder Rawls was involved in the development of the turpentine industry in Coffee County, while his nephew built and financed the first electric system in Enterprise and operated one of the largest and oldest mills in the city. It was, however, the railroad, whose station the hotel served, that gave the town its major economic stimulus."

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5.   Seaboard Coastline Depot – Corner of Railroad and W College Sts.  Enterprise

The Enterprise station, also known as the Seaboard Coastline Depot is a historic train depot in Enterprise, Alabama. It was built in 1900 by the Alabama Midland Railway, which was eventually acquired by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. It now houses Enterprise Depot Museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 7, 1974. It is located at the corner of Railroad Street and West College Street.