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106-108 East Erie Street, Hayes Block, c.1875

Block +
US Census Block # 34-226 (Block 65)

Style +
Second Empire

Historic Designation +
Calhoun County Historic Preservation Plan, 1975
Report of the Historic District Study Committee, 1976
Albion Area Historical Architectural Survey, 1985
National Register Listed, August 18, 1997

Architecture
Three-story brick building with segmental arch windows (with white keystones and voussoirs), and a cornice with dentil molding above the second floor. The building is capped by a mansard roof with former windows with pediment hoods flanking a centered mansard dormer with a pair of formers with pediment hoods. Built by local master builders J.W. and J.D. Hayes.

Source: National Park Service; Superior Street Commercial Historic District Registration Form. Prepared by Lloyd Baldwin. October 1996.