SOWEGA Building

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SOWEGA Building

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SOWEGA building, southeast corner
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Location 100 S. Hutchinson Ave., Adel, Georgia
Coordinates 31°08′12″N83°25′25″W / 31.1368°N 83.4235°W / 31.1368; -83.4235 Coordinates: 31°08′12″N83°25′25″W / 31.1368°N 83.4235°W / 31.1368; -83.4235
Area less than one acre
Built 1930
Architect Daniell & Beutell
Architectural style Commercial Style
NRHP reference # 90000546 [1]
Added to NRHP March 29, 1990

The SOWEGA Building or Southwest Georgia Melon Growers Association Building (also known as The Watermelon Building) in Adel, Georgia at 100 South Hutchinson Avenue (US 41), at the corner with Fourth Street. (SOWEGA comes from SOuth WEst GeorgiA - and "GA" is the abbreviation for "Georgia".) It was built in 1930. It is three stories tall and made of red brick, built in a commercial style. It has a roof deck and a basement. It is made of concrete reinforced with steel. Terracotta trim accents the exterior. The base is finished in marble. It features unique green terracotta watermelons in terracotta lozenges in a broad diamond, which represent the SOWEGA trademark. The third floor was remodeled in the early 1960s and the ground floor was remodeled in 1988. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1] [2] The Adel-Cook County Chamber of Commerce currently uses the building. [3]

Adel, Georgia City in Georgia, United States

The city of Adel is the county seat of Cook County, Georgia, United States, located fifty-two miles southeast of Albany. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 5,344.

Terracotta clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic

Terracotta, terra cotta or terra-cotta, a type of earthenware, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic, where the fired body is porous. Terracotta is the term normally used for sculpture made in earthenware, and also for various utilitarian uses including vessels, water and waste water pipes, roofing tiles, bricks, and surface embellishment in building construction. The term is also used to refer to the natural brownish orange color of most terracotta, which varies considerably.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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It was designed by Atlanta architects Daniell & Beutell. [1]

Daniell and Beutell was an architectural firm in Atlanta during 1919 to 1941. It was a partnership of Sydney S. Daniell and Russell L. Beutell (1891-1943). They designed various government buildings, theaters, and residences. During the 1930s they focused on design of schools and health clinics.

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