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

Houghton County Michigan (Historic Districts) has 13 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Calumet Historic District, Laurium Historic District, Painesdale, Quincy Mining Company Historic District and Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Houghton County historic places including Johnson Vivian and Joseph Bosch.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Houghton County places including Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., Champion Mining Co., Quincy Mining Co., A.C. Eschweiler, Paul Roehm, Shaw & Hunnewell, C.K. Shand, H.T. Liebert, Charlton,Gilbert,& Demar and Gilbert & Demar Charlton. Prominent architectural styles found in Houghton Country are Classical Revival, Late Victorian and Renaissance.

Big Traverse Bay Historic District (added 1975 - - #75000946)

Also known as Grand Traverse Bay;Traverse Bay;Big Traverse

E of Lake Linden at mouth of Traverse River , Lake Linden

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

European, Industry, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Fishing Facility Or Site, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Fishing Facility Or Site, Single Dwelling

Calumet Downtown Historic District (added 1974 - - #74000986)

Also known as Red Jacket Downtown Historic District; See Also: Calumet His

5th and 6th Sts. between Scott and Pine Sts. , Calumet

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Shand,C.K.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Calumet Historic District (added 1989 - - #89001097)

Also known as See Also: Calumet Downtown Historic District;Calumet and Hec

Area W of MI 26 S of Calumet Lake to Osceola , Calumet

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Calumet & Hecla Mining Co.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Processing Site, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Calumet and Hecla Industrial District (added 1974 - - #74000985)

Also known as See Also: Calumet Historic District

Roughly bounded by Hecla and Torch Lake RR tracks, Calumet Ave., Mine and Depot Sts. , Calumet

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

East Hancock Neighborhood Historic District (added 1980 - - #80001859)

Roughly bounded by Front, Dunston and Vivian Sts., Mason and Cooper Aves. , Hancock

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Liebert,H.T.

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style, Queen Anne, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Lake Linden Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000522)

Calumet St. between 1st and 8th plus parts of Hecla and Schoolcraft Sts. , Lake Linden

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Holabird, William & Martin Roche, et al.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Historic Person:

Bosch, Joseph, et al.

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History, Industry, European, Education

Cultural Affiliation:

French Canadian, English (Cornish), German

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Processing Site, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Medical Business/Office, Museum, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Laurium Historic District (added 2005 - - #04001578)

Roughly bounded by Calumet, Stable, N. Florida, and Isle Royale Sts. , Laurium

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Roehm, Paul, et.al.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Other

Historic Person:

Vivian, Johnson, et.al.

Significant Year:

1895, 1889, 1877

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Department Store, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Health Care

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Hospital, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Painesdale (added 1993 - - #93000623)

Area encompassing Painesdale streets and the Champion Mine , Painesdale

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Eschweiler, A.C., Champion Mining Co.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Industry, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Institutional Housing, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Painesdale Historic District (added 1982 - - #82005276)

MI 26 , Painesdale

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Owner:

Private

Quincy Mining Company Historic District (added 1989 - - #89001095)

Also known as See Also: Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House

Area N from Portage Lake to Quincy Hill and along US 41 , Hancock

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Quincy Mining Co.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Processing Site, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000750)

M-26 , Osceola

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Energy Facility, Processing Site, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Warehouse, Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Quincy Street Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000143)

Also known as See Also:Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall

100, 200, and 300 blks. of Quincy St. and 416 Tezcuco St. , Hancock

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Charlton,Gilbert & Demar

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Classical Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Financial Institution, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Financial Institution, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Shelden Avenue Historic District (added 1987 - - #87002154)

Shelden, Lake, & Montezuma Aves. , Houghton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Charlton,Gilbert,& Demar, Ottenheimer,Henry L.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Classical Revival, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade