page_title: Alma Downtown Historic District (Alma, Michigan)
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Alma Downtown Historic District (Alma, Michigan) / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Alma MI, Superior St at Gratiot Looking west, c1910 This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 13000904
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 Downtown Historic District covers some portion of eleven city blocks along Superior and State Streets.  It contains 72 structures ranging from one to three stories in height.  Architectural styles range from Italianate, Queen Anne,  and Neoclassical Revval to Art Moderne and International Style.  The buildings in the district are primarily commercial buildings, but also included are the massive stone A. W. Wright House, as well as the 1915 hospital building, the Alma Public Building/City Hall, and the Post Office Building.
  The buildings along Superior Street are nearly all brick, although some very early frame structures are also included.  Most of the area has little or no space between buildings, and the first floor commercial spaces open directly onto the sidewalk.  As one moves north or south along the cross streets, the building scale generally decrease and the space between buildings increases.
  The following are some of the more significant buildings in the district, in order of construction:
caption: Superior St at Gratiot looking west, c. 1910
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