Coffee County Courthouse, County courthouse in Elba, United States.
The Coffee County Courthouse in Elba is a county government building designed in Romanesque Revival style with stone walls, rounded arches, and ornamental details across its facade. The structure displays characteristic features of this architectural period, including thick walls and decorative elements that define its appearance.
The Elba courthouse serves the western portion of Coffee County, which has a second courthouse in Enterprise built in 1998. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1973. It stands at 230 Court Avenue on Courthouse Square, in a town repeatedly flooded by the Pea River.
Elba is one of Coffee County's two county seats; the courthouse here serves the western part of the county, while a separate courthouse in Enterprise, built in 1998, serves the rest. The building stands on Courthouse Square at 230 Court Avenue, the address residents use for county business.
The courthouse stands on Courthouse Square at 230 Court Avenue in Elba, the western of Coffee County's two county seats; the Enterprise courthouse, built in 1998, serves the eastern part. Elba floods often when the Pea River rises, so check conditions before visiting in wet weather. Look for the high-water marks on the courthouse walls recording past flood levels.
High water marks on the courthouse walls record the highest levels reached by past floods of the Pea River, which regularly inundates Elba. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1973, and serves the western part of Coffee County, whose other courthouse in Enterprise dates from 1998.
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