The beautiful Old City Hall in Bellingham, WA was built in 1892 and today houses the Whatcom Museum. When it was built it was the city hall of the former city of New Whatcom. The building was originally perched on a bluff overlooking Bellingham Bay, but since then land was filled to create what is today Maritime Heritage Park (above). Also interesting is that the design of building was modeled exactly on the Saginaw County Courthouse in Saginaw, Michigan.
I do not think I knew about the Michigan connection. Or if I did, I had forgotten it.
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