Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall
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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
. It is also known as the Hancock City Hall. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1977 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1981.
. In 1898, the Quincy Mine
company sold a lot on Qunicy 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. E.E. Grip and Company of Ishpeming built the structure at a cost of $15,000, which opened in January 1899. The building originally housed the city clerk's office and council chambers, along with the marshall's office, jail, and the fire department.
, Dutch, and Flemish architectural influences. 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.
Quincy Street Historic District
The Quincy Street Historic District is a historic district located along the 100, 200, and 300 blocks of Quincy Street, along with 416 Tezcuco Street, in Hancock, Michigan. The Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall is located in the district...
in Hancock, Michigan
Hancock, Michigan
Hancock is a city in Houghton County; the northernmost in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, or, depending on terminology, Copper Island. The population was 4,634 at the 2010 census...
. It is also known as the Hancock City Hall. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1977 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1981.
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 PeninsulaKeweenaw Peninsula
The Keweenaw Peninsula is the northern-most part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It projects into Lake Superior and was the site of the first copper boom in the United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was roughly 43,200...
. In 1898, the Quincy Mine
Quincy Mine
The Quincy Mine is an extensive set of copper mines located near Hancock, Michigan. The mine was owned by the Quincy Mining Company and operated between 1846 and 1945, although some activities continued through the 1970s. The Quincy Mine was known as "Old Reliable," as the Quincy Mine Company paid...
company sold a lot on Qunicy 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. E.E. Grip and Company of Ishpeming built the structure at a cost of $15,000, which opened in January 1899. The building originally housed the city clerk's office and council chambers, along with the marshall's office, jail, and the fire department.
Description
The Hancock Town Hall is a two-story building constructed of rock-faced red sandstone set in even courses, exhibiting Richardsonian RomanesqueRichardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston , designated a National Historic Landmark...
, Dutch, and Flemish architectural influences. 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.