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Photo AlbumCity Hall Built as Grammar School in 1917.Jun 25, '07 11:03 AM
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A great adaptive use of a beautiful building that is on the State Historic Register. Theis indicatively yellowish brick is from Livermore Fire Bricks Company and it is the unglazed ceramic detailing came from Livermore Fire Bricks as well, per Dan Mosier of Calbrick.net, USGS Minerologist, and author of books on historic mining communities. Livermore Firebricks was known to make ceramics. Note advertisement in this issue of Architect and Engineer for Livermore Bricks. It is unlike Gladding McBean to have unglazed, low fire terra cotta.

CityHall built 1918
  
Highly elaborate details
  
East Front Detail
  
Details saved and reused inside
  
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City Hall from Alhambra
  
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City Hall front
  
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