What’s old is new again: Anniston, Alabama, officials look forward to opening former federal courthouse as new City Hall

By: Bill Wilson / The Anniston Star

Construction crews are on the home stretch of renovating the former U.S. courthouse on Noble Street in Anniston so that it will once again be a landmark in the public life of the city. Opened in 1906 as the city’s post office and a federal building, the structure is expected to begin serving as Anniston’s City Hall early next year.

City Manager Steven Folks said he expects the city government will move into the building in late January from its interim location at 4309 McClellan Blvd., where for more than five years the city has been leasing space from Consolidated Publishing Co., the parent company of The Anniston Star. The interim City Hall opened in August 2019.

The former City Hall building on Gurnee Avenue was demolished in 2019 to make space for the new Federal Courthouse, which vacated the 12th and Noble building in a land swap with the U.S. government. The city ceremoniously received the keys to the building from the government in August 2022.

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