The district includes most of the central business district of Wetumpka.[2] Roughly, it consists of Company Street from Spring Street to East Bridge Street and East Bridge and Commerce Streets from Main to Hill Streets, in Wetumpka.[1]
Among the most important buildings are:
Bank of Wetumpka building
Bank of Wetumpka building (c.1910), 110 East Bridge Street, 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.[2]
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.[2]
Lancaster Hotel building (c.1903), 102 Court Street and East Main Street, at same five-way intersection; a three-story hotel[2]
Elmore County Courthouse
Elmore County Courthouse (1931), Commerce Street. This is a monumental two-story 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.[2]
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.[2]
Old Jail (c.1820), one-story brick building with small barred windows on three sides, regarded as Wetumpka's first jail.[2]
