Summary
Terracotta tiles are falling from the iconic State Hospital water tower, and nobody — not even the State Historic Preservation Office — can determine who owns it. A $2,500 condition assessment is proposed, but the commission wants ownership and liability questions answered first. State estimates put full repairs at over $1 million.
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Last discussed Jan 14, 2026.
Impact analysis
A $2,500 assessment is proposed, but the state's guess at full repairs tops $1 million.
Preservationists and anyone who sees the tower as the visual icon of Kalamazoo.
If repairs wait too long, the public could face falling debris and escalating damage to the tower.
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