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

Houghton County Michigan (Vacant / Not In Use) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Redridge Steel and Log Dams, Calumet and Hecla Industrial District and Italian Hall, Calumet Fire Station and Jacobsville Finnish Lutheran Church.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Houghton County places including Shaw & Hunnewell, C.K. Shand and Leander Sinko. Prominent architectural styles found in Houghton Country are Romanesque.

Calumet Fire Station (added 1974 - - #74000987)

Also known as Red Jacket Fire Station

6th St. , Calumet

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

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Shand,C.K.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Fire Station

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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

Legoktm, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Italian Hall (added 1988 - - #80001858)

7th and Elm Sts. , Calumet

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

European, Industry, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Jacobsville Finnish Lutheran Church (added 1976 - - #76001028)

W of Jacobsville , Jacobsville

Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sinko,Leander

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Redridge Steel and Log Dams (added 1992 - - #92000166)

Also known as Redridge Dams

N of Co. Rt. 557 at Salmon Trout R., Stanton Township , Redridge

Finavon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use