Editor’s note: Today we continue a weekly series called Tallapoosa Traveler. The columns, by our staff members, feature unique locations throughout our county.
It’s a small building that sits catty-cornered at the intersection of Broadnax and Lafayette streets in downtown Dadeville.
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