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Old City Hall - Historic photos (exterior)

Old City Hall

The Hotel Pontchartrain, from left, the Hammond Building (with flag), Old City Hall and the Dime Building overlooking Campus Martius

The Hotel Pontchartrain, from left, the Hammond Building (with flag), Old City Hall and the Dime Building overlooking Campus Martius

Photo from the Library of Congress

The Hotel Pontchartrain, from left, the Hammond Building (with flag), Old City Hall and the Dime Building overlooking Campus Martius
Old City Hall, from left, the Majestic Building and the old Detroit Opera House overlooking Campus Martius
Old City Hall with the Penobscot Building towering in the background
Old City Hall with the Hammond Building, the city's first skyscraper, to the left
The cupola and the Maidens of Virtue
Old City Hall and the Majestic Building. The Bagley Memorial Fountain can be seen at bottom right.
Old City Hall with the Hammond Building to its left and the Ford Building peeking out above it in the background
Old City Hall was the center of life in Detroit for nearly 100 years.
City Hall sits in the middle of this 1930s shot.
Old City Hall and the Majestic Building, looking north up Woodward
Old City Hall in 1961, shortly before demolition
The roof of Old City Hall looking toward Cadillac Square in 1961.
Old City Hall with funeral bunting for Gov. Frank Fitzgerald in 1939.
The city's unemployed line up at Old City Hall in 1930.
The Dime Building rises behind Old City Hall about 1912
Old City Hall, with the Majestic Building at right, during a parade
Old City Hall with the Guardian Building, Hammond Building and Greater Penobscot Building.
Old City Hall with the Dime and Greater Penobscot buildings in the background
Old City Hall with the Hotel Pontchartrain, left, and Hammond Building
Old City Hall with the Dime Building, from left, Book-Cadillac Hotel, Book Tower, David Stott Building and Majestic Building
Old City Hall lit up for the city's bicentenary in 1901
The roof of Old City Hall, looking northwest toward the Lafayette Building, Book-Cadillac Hotel and Book Tower
Old City Hall, from left, Wayne County Home & Savings Bank and the Majestic Building, looking west from Woodward Avenue up Michigan Avenue
Old City Hall stood on the west side of Campus Maritus, along Woodward Avenue between West Fort Street and Michigan Avenue.
Old City Hall in 1934
Old City Hall and Campus Martius
Old City Hall decorated in mourning bunting for former Detroit Mayor and Michigan Gov. Hazen S. Pingree following his death in 1901. The Federal Building can be seen in the distance on the left.