Hancock / Town Hall and Fire Hall

Hancock / Town Hall and Fire Hall (HM2ARZ)

Location: Hancock, MI 49930
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Country: United States of America
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N 47° 7.604', W 88° 35.09'

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Hancock (marker side 1)
The Quincy Mining Company platted Hancock in 1859, a decade after the company began mining Keweenaw copper. While many copper towns boomed and busted within a short period of time, Hancock remained stable, incorporating as a city in 1875. By 1897 Hancock's four thousand citizens wanted a government building that would reflect the city's prosperity and stature. The Quincy company sold this lot to the city in 1898 and in January 1899 the Town Hall and Fire Hall opened.
Town Hall and Fire Hall (marker side 2)
The Marquette firm of Charlton, Gilbert and Demar designed Hancock's Town Hall and Fire Hall. Completed in 1899, the building housed city offices, the fire department, and the marshall's office and jail. Built of Jacobsville sandstone with stepped and curved gables, it exhibits Richardsonian Romanesque, Dutch, and Flemish influences. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Michigan Historical Center, Michigan Department of StateRegistered Local Site No. 519Property of the State of Michigan, 1999
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HM NumberHM2ARZ
Series This marker is part of the Michigan: Michigan Historical Commission series
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Year Placed1999
Placed ByMichigan Historical Center, Michigan Department of State
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, August 25th, 2018 at 11:02am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 379798 N 5220466
Decimal Degrees47.12673333, -88.58483333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 47° 7.604', W 88° 35.09'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds47° 7' 36.24" N, 88° 35' 5.4000000000002" W
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Area Code(s)906
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near , Hancock MI 49930, US
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