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City Hall Apartment Building

CITY HALL
APARTMENT BUILDING
BUILT IN 1914 BY
MAYOR JOHN J. MCNAMARA, GEORGE J. WINKLEMAN
AND JAMES E. MCNAMARA
1st APARTMENT BUILDING IN MARTINEZ. BUILT DURING
REFINERY BOOM. UNIQUE BECAUSE IT SITS ASTRIDE
ALHAMBRA CREEK. RETAIL STORES WERE ON 1st FLOOR,
PROFESSIONAL OFFICES AND APARTMENTS ON 2nd FLOOR.
NAMED FOR CITY HALL NEXT DOOR 1913-1956.
FAITHFULLY RESTORED BY ATTORNEYS
ALBERT J. TURNBAUGH AND JAMES L. THELEN IN 1980.
HISTORIC MARKER IX
MARTINEZ HISTORICAL SOCIETY
JULY 4, 1994

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