Along with the next-door Gowan Block, it is now part of the Park Place City Center, a mixed commercial and residential development.

[2] In 1879 Adams moved to Michigan and purchased 150 acres of land that was at the time undeveloped, but is now within the boundaries of Sault Ste.

[2] Adams cleared the land and platted it, selling lots which eventually became some of the most substantial residential and commercial sections of the city.

Adams also engaged in grocery, merchandising, and banking businesses, and represented the area in the state legislature.

[4] In 2010, after a few years of financial wrangling, the Adams Building and the next-door Masonic Block were purchased by a developer.