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Scholar, Engineer, Industrialist, Naturalist, Humanitarian 1871-1896 Nichols came to Alabama City in 1894 to supervise construction of Dwight Manufacturing Company. While serving as the mill's first agent, he planned and began a model mill village and was elected mayor of Alabama City. (Erected 1999 by Etowah Historical Society) Gadsden 1994 Gadsden Municipal Ampitheatre Built of local sandstone in 1935 on land obtained from the American Legion Post No. 5 this municipal ampitheatre seating about 1600 was constructed for staging theatrical and sporting events. Gadsden architect Paul W. Hofferbert designed the open-air arena which is a significant example of the rustic stone construction work of the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. The ampitheatre, the adjacent auditorium, and the swimming pool, all W.P.A. projects, comprised the Gadsden Civic Center prior to 1960. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places 9-28-88. (Erected 1994 by the Etowah Historical Society and the City of Gadsden) Location: Etowah County Alabama City
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