Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall

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Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall
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Location399 Quincy St., Hancock, Michigan
Coordinates 47°7′37″N88°35′6″W / 47.12694°N 88.58500°W / 47.12694; -88.58500
Built1899
ArchitectCharlton, Gilbert & Demar
Part of Quincy Street Historic District (ID88000143)
NRHP reference No. 81000307 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 01, 1981
Designated MSHSApril 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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine form the state of Michigan
  3. 1 2 Copper Country Architects, Buildings by Charlton, Gilbert, and Demar (1895-1901)