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Coffee County
Historic Marker
Location
of sign - 230 Court Street, Elba, Alabama
Photo
taken- January 2006
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
Historic
Court Square
The first Coffee County Courthouse was at Wellborn and burned in
1851. This site given by John B. Simmons when Elba was
selected
the county seat polling 58 more votes than Indigo Head
(Clintonville) in a county election on October 5, 1852. The
first
building
erected on this site was a two story frame structure burned by
Ward's Ralders, September 3, 1863. A new courthouse
was
completed in 1867. This building served Coffee County until
1881 and was sold at auction. A third building completed
in
1882
was enlarged in 1899. Failing to meet the needs of Coffee
County, It was replaced by the present courthouse in
1903.
Listed
in the National Register of Historic Places.
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