page_title: Alma Downtown Historic District (Alma, Michigan)
section_title: Alma Public Building (225 E. Superior)
hierarchical_section_title: Alma Downtown Historic District (Alma, Michigan) / Description / Alma Public Building (225 E. Superior)
caption_attribution_description: English: Alma City Hall, Alma MI
context_page_description: The Alma Downtown Historic District is a commercial historic district in Alma, Michigan, roughly located along Superior Street between the Pine River and Prospect Avenue, and along State Street between Center and Downie Streets. Parts of the district were designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1975, and the entirety was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. It contains 72 structures, primarily brick commercial buildings, ranging from one to three stories in height and dating from 1874 to the 1960s.
context_section_description: The Alma Public Building (also known as the Alma City Hall) was constructed in 1902 using a design from Saginaw architects Haug and Schuermann.  It originally housed all of Alma's public offices, including the fire house, village hall, and various offices.  Several additions were made to the building, including a new firehouse in 1918, and a single-story extension to the west some time after 1924.  The city used the building until 1975, when a new structure was built. The old Public Building remained vacant until 1980, when a law clinic moved in.
  The Alma Public Building is a two-story red brick Richardsonian Romanesque structure with a hip roof and a prominent clock tower at the northwest corner.   The original building has a rectangular plan, but later additions have given it a T shape.  The front is divided into three sections: the clocktower, the main village hall, and the fire hall.  Limestone beltcourses at the level of the second story window sills and lintels unites the sections.
caption: Alma City Hall
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