Alton City Hall

Alton City Hall is a town hall in Alton Township, Madison, Illinois which is located on East 3rd Street. Alton City Hall is situated nearby to Alton Military Prison, as well as near Clark Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alton Military Prison and Clark Bridge.

Alton Military Prison

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The Alton Military Prison was a prison located in Alton, Illinois, built in 1833 as the first state penitentiary in Illinois and closed in 1857. During the American Civil War, the prison was reopened in 1862 to accommodate the growing population of Confederate prisoners of war and ceased to be prison at the end of the war in 1865. Alton Military Prison is situated 1,600 feet west of Alton City Hall.

Clark Bridge

Bridge

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The Clark Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge across the Mississippi River between West Alton, Missouri and Alton, Illinois, United States. Named after explorer William Clark like the bridge it replaced, the bridge opened in 1994. Clark Bridge is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Alton City Hall.

McPike Mansion

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McPike Mansion, or Mount Lookout, is a mansion in Alton, which is part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Illinois. McPike Mansion is situated 1 mile north of Alton City Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alton and East Alton.

Alton

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Alton is a charming river town in Illinois just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. Once a blue collar town of heavy manufacturing, Alton has transformed itself into a tourist destination and wedding and reception resort of the Midwest.

East Alton

Village

East Alton is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,786 at the 2020 census, down from 6,301 in 2010. East Alton is situated 4 miles east of Alton City Hall.

Godfrey

Town

Godfrey is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,825 at the 2020 census. Godfrey is located within the River Bend portion of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. Godfrey is situated 4½ miles north of Alton City Hall.

Alton City Hall

Type: Town hall
Address: 101 East 3rd Street, Alton, IL 62002
Categories: building, public building, and government building
Location: Alton Township, Madison, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.89063° or 38° 53′ 26″ north

Longitude

-90.18395° or 90° 11′ 2″ west

Elevation

502 feet (153 metres)

Open location code

86CFVRR8+7C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 570349141

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=townhall

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

GeoNames ID

4232681

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