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height="214" align="right"/>112 W. Cass St, Albion City Hall, 1933-1936
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Georgian revival-style/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="ec8e9618ecd18c6056c14173498423a7" target="_blank" >Colonial Revival City Hall
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Albion Area Historical Architectural Survey, 1985
register/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="0a8fb7015864531461c0a210ec36471a" target="_blank" >National Register Listed, August 18, 1997
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frank">Frank Dean, architect
Leon Claucherty, contractor
David Lewis Trine, plasterer
Architecture
The two-story core block is flanked by one-and-one-half-story wings. The building is clad in stone/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1dd0660f95b8b9e1c704dae47df621a6" target="_blank" >ashlar/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9be5ba1499df02e9f8da61fb76746dd5" target="_blank" >range-work/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="5ae5df373dfe167528ec1152b4ba257a" target="_blank" >coursed veneer/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="002bbee0d2255b25f503f0329bcb5be8" target="_blank" >ashlar veneer. A broken elliptical pediment over flat engaged columns marks the central main entrance of the core building, which is accessed by a set of steps and entrance porch. Fenestration is symmetrical, with core façade windows set in recesses. Flat arches of angled soldiered bricks are used on core block twelve-over-twelve/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="2445867ccd027011c0ac864717ae2acc" target="_blank" >twelve-over-twelve windows, while round arch eight-over-twelve/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="60aca9b3daad6404d3a60496f1894832" target="_blank" >eight-over-twelve windows are found on the lower level of the wings. These windows are capped by fanlights with tracery. The upper level wing windows are window/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="5f67fd917aaf82803e145ac74b779a56" target="_blank" >casement type with eight panes per side. These windows rest on a running stone sill course and are capped by broad lintels that are flush with the wall-plane/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="e0b18abb525ecf01cb22d717d13e7141" target="_blank" >wall plane. The wings carry hipped roofs while the core is flat roofed. A narrow and flush string-course/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1c003d69863f740ce4fcd479998ed78b" target="_blank" >string course runs above the second floor windows. Above this but below the termination of the wall plane is a narrow projecting stone cornice. Behind the building at the river is a concrete revetment capped by a concrete balustrade with Colonial Revival detailing.
Source: park-service/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="23c2d0e85b2d6bf08959d542ac776552" target="_blank" >National Park Service; Superior Street Commercial Historic District Registration Form. Prepared by Lloyd Baldwin. October 1996.