National Register of Historic Places - Michigan (MI), Marquette County

Marquette County Michigan (Historic Districts) has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Cliffs Shaft Mine, Granot Loma, Gwinn Model Town Historic District and Cohodas, Sam, Lodge and Arch and Ridge Streets Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Marquette County historic places including William G. Mather, Louis G. Kaufman, Sam Cohodas and Peter White.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Marquette County places including D. Fred Charlton, Louden Machinery Co., Marshall & Fox, Ward Manning, George W. Maher, David E. Anderson, Nestor Kallioinen, US Lighthouse Establishment and 11th District Light-House Engineer. Prominent architectural styles found in Marquette Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Exotic Revival and Gothic.

Arch and Ridge Streets Historic District (added 1980 - - #80001879)

Also known as See Also:Call House

Arch and Ridge Sts. from Front St. to Lake Superior , Marquette

Slick-o-bot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Gothic, Italianate

Historic Person:

White,Peter,et al.

Significant Year:

1870, 1900

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Transportation, Exploration/Settlement, Industry, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Big Bay Point Light Station (added 1988 - - #88001837)

Also known as Big Bay Point Lighthouse

3 Lighthouse Rd. , Big Bay

Wingerham52, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

US Lighthouse Establishment, 11th District Light-House Engineer

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Maritime History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility, Single Dwelling, Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

Cliffs Shaft Mine (added 1992 - - #92000832)

Euclid St. between Lakeshore Dr. and Spruce St. , Ishpeming

Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Maher,George W.

Architectural Style:

Other, Exotic Revival

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility

Current Function:

Education, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Research Facility

Cohodas, Sam, Lodge (added 1991 - - #91000331)

Also known as Michigamme Lake Lodge

Off US 41 at E end of Lake Michigamme, Michigamme Township , Champion

Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kallioinen,Nestor, Anderson,David E.

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Cohodas,Sam

Significant Year:

1935

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

Granot Loma (added 1991 - - #91000330)

Co. Rd. 550 on Lake Superior shore N of Thoneys Pt., Powell Township , Marquette

JNeilBrooks, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Louden Machinery Co., Marshall & Fox

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Kaufman,Louis G.

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Camp

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Camp

Gwinn Model Town Historic District (added 2002 - - #00000286)

Also known as Gwinn

Including most of the original plat of Gwinn and surrounding greenbelt , Forsyth

Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Charlton, D. Fred, Manning, Ward

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Historic Person:

Mather, William G.

Significant Year:

1907, 1933, 1946

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal, Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Plaza, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Plaza, Single Dwelling