South Range Community Building | |
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Location | Trimountain Ave., South Range, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 47°4′11″N88°38′36″W / 47.06972°N 88.64333°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1935 |
NRHP reference No. | 81000310 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 09, 1981 |
The South Range Community Building is a community center located on Trimountain Avenue in South Range, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1]
During the depths of the Great Depression, the unemployment rate in the southern Keweenaw Peninsula was over 75%. [2] The South Range Community Building was built in 1933-35 and funded by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration as a way to employ the miners and craftsmen of the area. [2] The building was intended to function as both a social and governmental hub for the community of South Range, and it continues to serve this purpose today.
The South Range Community Building is a one-story rectangular brick building with a facade of sandstone trimmed with brick. [2] It sits on a mine rock foundation, and is surmounted by a hipped roof with a three front gables flanked with side gables. [2] Three entrances are centered below the three front gables. [2]
Inside, the building contains village offices and a multi-use auditorium. [2] The center entrance on the first floor has been converted into a fire station. [3]