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Students in the classroom at the East Tallassee School in 1929
Tallassee City Board of Education, Bill Goss/Images of America
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Tallassee in Pictures: City Hall
By Michael Butler
It was the East Tallassee School dating back to 1925. It housed Tallassee Elementary School until a new building was erected in 1995. After renovations, the red brick building became the home of City Hall in 1997.
For almost 100 years, the structure at 3 Freeman Avenue on the east side of the Tallapoosa has been the hub for development and progress from early education to city government.
Today, City Hall holds municipal court, in addition to city council and various other public meetings and events. Residents may also register for drivers licenses and car tags. During voting cycles, it is a polling place for select elections.
It is the headquarters for the city utilities department and offices for the mayor, city clerk and building inspector.
East Tallassee School in 1925
Bill Goss/Images of America |
Tallassee City Hall in 2017
Leigh Anne Butler/Tallassee Times |
Roof work in 2016 |
Tallassee Elementary School Christmas play cast, circa 1980
Photo by Suzannah Solomon Wilson |
Tallassee Elementary School Christmas play cast, circa 1980
Photo by Suzannah Solomon Wilson |
The Council Chambers formerly housed the TES lunch room and stage for assemblies |
Current Tallassee mayor Johnny Hammock at work in his office
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Tallassee Elementary School students, circa 1975
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1929 first grade class
Tallassee City Board of Education, Bill Goss/Images of America |
Faculty, late 1930s
Courtesy of Vera Cullars, Bill Goss/Images of America
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A reception in 2016 honoring long-time mayor Bobby Payne and concilman Charles Blalock |
Bust of Tallasseean E.C. "Sonny" Hornsby, former chief justice of Alabama, placed in the City Hall foyer |
Council Tree Monument noting Tallassee's rich Creek Indian heritage, located on the front lawn at City Hall |
The front lawn entry at City Hall |
Architecture signifying the building's origins as a schoolhouse |
View from City Hall grounds/Veterans Memorial the night of the east side mill fire, May 5, 2016 |
This slide was used to deliver chemicals to the mill. Elementary students utilized it during recess. |
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