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- Description:
- Shows the demolition of the old Lansing City Hall and Police Station/City Hall Annex, which was formerly the Post Office. Lansing, Michigan. Lee Black and Kenneth Black Architects. The Christman Company general contractors. Two views.Gift of Jim Horn.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Located at 124 Michigan Avenue West. Five views.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Looking northwest from City Hall window. Located on North Capitol Avenue. Originally part of the Carl Dalrymple Collection.
- Date Created:
- 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- View of City Hall at left, taken in 1898 or 1899. City Hall was built in 1896. The Federal Building can be seen in the foreground. Image has been hand tinted. Originally part of the Carl Dalrymple Collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Plaque reads: "The Bronze Bell was taken from the old Lansing Hall clock tower, when the building was torn down in 1959... It weighs 3425 lbs. - 60% heavier than the Liberty Bell. ...It was cast in 1896." It was moved to the Old Presque Isle Lighthouse after being salvaged from the demolition heap of Lansing's old city hall. The Stebbins family of Lansing owned the lighthouse and a nearby resort, and had used other salvaged materials from Lansing building demolitions to restore the lighthouse as well.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Formerly the Presbyterian church, at the corner of Moore Street and Hamilton Road. This image is a duplicate. The original source is unknown.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- A group of unidentified men sometime around 1900, in a stone-walled construction pit. At street level in the background, a sign for "Wm. Leabs" can be seen on a building, as can a "Pipe Repairing" sign, and "Police Headquarters." The police department was located at City Hall, at the southeast corner of Capitol and Ottawa streets. The 1900 City Directory lists two William Leabs in Lansing, one a shoe shiner and the other a bartender.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Photograph taken from the stairs of the State Capitol. Part of old City Hall is visible at left, and the Federal Building/Post Office is in the center. The view is to the east looking down Michigan Avenue.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The old City Hall clock tower, with a view of the new City Hall in the background. Likely taken just prior to demolition.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- A group of men seated in Council Chambers in the old Lansing City Hall, in about 1915. On an enclosed memo from Charlotte Dunnebacke, the following men are identified: Front row, second from left: Dr. John G. Rulison, Third Ward Councilman. Third from left, John McClellan, Clerk of Cemetery and Park Commission and Board of Police and Fire Commissioners. Fourth from left, J. Gottlieb Reutter, Mayor. Second row, fourth from left: Joseph Dunnebacke, City Attorney.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
