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	SOWEGA Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	SOWEGA building, southeast corner
	Location within Georgia Location within the United States
Location	100 S. Hutchinson Ave., Adel, Georgia
Coordinates	31°08′12″N 83°25′25″W / 31.1368°N 83.4235°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1930
Architect	Daniell & Beutell
Architectural style	Commercial Style
NRHP reference No.	90000546
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]

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

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Detail of one of the terracotta watermelons
Corner view

References

1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ NRHP form
↑ Chamber of Commerce

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[nris-1] 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] NRHP form

[3] Chamber of Commerce

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