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{{short description|Historic district in Alabama, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = East Wetumpka Commercial Historic District
| nrhp_type =
| image = Wetumpka Alabama.JPG
| caption =
| location= Roughly, Company St. from Spring St. to E. Bridge St. and E. Bridge and Commerce Sts. from Main to Hill Sts., [[Wetumpka, Alabama]]
|coordinates={{coord|32|32|16|N|86|12|16|W|source:NOTNRIS2013a|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin =Alabama
| mapframe         = yes
| mapframe-marker  = building
| mapframe-zoom    = 12
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of East Wetumpka Commercial Historic District
| architecture = Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Commercial
| added = February 20, 1992
| area = {{convert|6|acre|ha}}
| refnum = 92000055<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref>
}}
The '''East Wetumpka Commercial Historic District''', in [[Wetumpka, Alabama]], is a [[historic district (United States)|historic district]] which was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1992.  The listing included 25 [[contributing buildings]] and 10 non-contributing ones on {{convert|6|acre|ha}}.<ref name=nris/><ref name=nrhpdoc/>
The district includes most of the central business district of Wetumpka.<ref name=nrhpdoc/> Roughly, it consists of Company St. from Spring St. to E. Bridge St. and E. Bridge and Commerce Sts. from Main to Hill Streets, in Wetumpka.<ref name=nris/>
Among the most important buildings are:
[[File:East Bridge & Court Streets Wetumpka Sept10 01.jpg|left|thumb|Bank of Wetumpka building]]
*Bank of Wetumpka building (c.1910), 110 East Bridge St, a two-story white masonry bank building, with bold vertical-oriented architectural design, one of only two architect-designed buildings in the district, at prominent five-way intersection.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
[[File:First National Bank Building & Clock Wetumpka Sept10.jpg|left|thumb|First National Bank building and clock]]
*First National Bank (c.1910), Company Street, a two-story bank building, triangular (flatiron) in shape, with landmark clock, at same five-way intersection.  [[Pilasters]] support a wide [[architrave]] above the first floor windows, and pattern is repeated, smaller, at second story.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
*Lancaster Hotel building (c.1903), 102 Court St. and East Main St., at same five-way intersection; a three-story hotel<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
[[File:Elmore County Alabama Courthouse.JPG|left|thumb|Elmore County Courthouse]]
{{anchor|Elmore County Courthouse}}
*[[Elmore County Courthouse (Wetumpka, Alabama)|Elmore County Courthouse]] (1931), Commerce Street. This is a monumental two-story [[Classical Revival architecture|Classical Revival]] building "with Egyptian Art Deco overtones", the other architect-designed building in the district. It has a central [[loggia]] supported by eight massive, fluted columns, and an [[architrave]] decorated with [[modillions]] and [[flowerettes]].<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=92000055}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: East Wetumpka Commercial Historic District |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Marilyn B. Sullivan |author2=Melanie Betz |date=December 31, 1990 |accessdate=November 30, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=92000055|photos=y|title=accompanying 30 photos}}</ref>
*221 Company Street (c.1910), a three-story brick commercial building regarded as a historical social and economic hub of the black community of Wetumpka; it has also been known as the Rose-Geeter Funeral Home.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
*Old Jail (c.1820), one-story brick building with small barred windows on three sides, regarded as Wetumpka's first jail.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|East Wetumpka Commercial Historic District}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Elmore County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama]]
[[Category:Georgian architecture in Alabama]]
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