A Short Walking Tour from the year 2000

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This timeless brochure was developed at the turn of the century and features a numbered pictorial tour.

There are images and descriptions of

  • the Molder sculpture
  • the Post Office
  • the Albion Train Depot
  • Superior Street
  • City Hall
  • the Farmers’ Market
  • Lloyd Park
  • Albion’s Mother of Mother’s Day
  • the Library
  • the Gardner House
  • the Bohm Theatre
  • the Festival of the Forks

See how many changes have already happened in Albion downtown since this art was created.

Gone – the grain elevator, gone – the block where the new hotel will be.  New – the new Albion Fire station.  See the news about the upcoming downtown hotel on the progress page – in the top menu.

“Amidst the quiet rolling farmlands and cool lakes of south-central Michigan Albion is nestled along the forks of the Kalamazoo  River.

To access a printable pdf file, click here.

See other posts about Progress, and Development by clicking here.