Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall
Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall | |
U.S. Historic district Contributing property | |
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47°7′37″N 88°35′6″W / 47.12694°N 88.58500°W / 47.12694; -88.58500 | |
Built | 1899 |
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Architect | Charlton, Gilbert & Demar |
Part of | Quincy Street Historic District (ID88000143) |
NRHP reference No. | 81000307[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 01, 1981 |
Designated MSHS | April 15, 1977[2] |
The Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall is a public building located at 399 Quincy Street in the Quincy Street Historic District in Hancock, Michigan, United States. It is also known as the Hancock City Hall. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1977[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
History
By the end of the 19th century, the citizens of Hancock wanted a substantial government building that would reflect the city's prosperity and distinguish it from the more impermanent mining villages in the surrounding Keweenaw Peninsula.[2] In 1898, the Quincy Mine company sold a lot on Quincy Street to the city, and the Marquette firm of Charlton, Gilbert and Demar was hired to design a Town Hall and Fire Hall building on the site.[2] E.E. Grip and Company of Ishpeming built the structure at a cost of $15,000,[3] which opened in January 1899.[2] The building originally housed the city clerk's office and council chambers,[3] along with the marshall's office, jail, and the fire department.[2]
Description
The Hancock Town Hall is a two-story building constructed of rock-faced red Jacobsville Sandstone set in even courses, exhibiting Richardsonian Romanesque, Dutch, and Flemish architectural influences.[2] It has a gable roof and a square tower with belfry at one corner; the tower originally had a steep conical roof. The main facade is dominated by a broadly arched window filled with diagonally paned glass and flanked by smaller windows.[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine form the state of Michigan
- ^ a b Copper Country Architects, Buildings by Charlton, Gilbert, and Demar (1895-1901)
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- Big Traverse Bay Historic District
- Calumet and Hecla Industrial District
- Calumet Downtown Historic District
- East Hancock Neighborhood Historic District
- Lake Linden Historic District
- Laurium Historic District
- Painesdale Historic District
- Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic District
- Quincy Street Historic District
- Shelden Avenue Historic District
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