Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall

For the building in Hancock, Massachusetts, see Hancock Town Hall.

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Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall

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Location| 399 Quincy St., Hancock, Michigan
Coordinates| 47°7′37″N 88°35′6″W﻿ / ﻿47.12694°N 88.58500°W﻿ / 47.12694; -88.58500
Built| 1899
Architect| Charlton, Gilbert & Demar
Part of| Quincy Street Historic District (ID88000143)
NRHP reference No.| 81000307[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP| June 01, 1981
Designated MSHS| April 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]

## History

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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

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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]

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#81000307)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine form the state of Michigan
3. ^ a b Copper Country Architects, Buildings by Charlton, Gilbert, and Demar (1895-1901)

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National Register of Historic Places in Houghton County, Michigan

Historic districts|

* Big Traverse Bay Historic District
* Calumet and Hecla Industrial District
* Calumet Downtown Historic District
* East Hancock Neighborhood Historic District
* Lake Linden Historic District
* Laurium Historic District
* Painesdale Historic District
* Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic District
* Quincy Street Historic District
* Shelden Avenue Historic District

Historic properties|

* Calumet Fire Station
* Chassell School Complex
* College Club House and Gymnasium
* County Road C117–Pike River Bridge
* Douglass House
* First Congregational Church
* Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall
* Houghton County Courthouse
* J. Vivian Jr. and Company Building
* Jacobsville Finnish Lutheran Church
* Kaleva Temple
* Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light
* Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light
* Keweenaw National Historical Park
* Lake Linden Village Hall and Fire Station
* Lieblein House
* John J. Michels House
* Joseph Bosch Building
* Old Hancock Central High School
* Old Main, Suomi College
* Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House
* Ransom B. Shelden House
* Redridge Steel Dam
* Saint Henry's Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery
* Saint Ignatius Loyola Church
* Shelden-Dee Block
* Smith–Dengler House
* South Range Community Building
* The Calumet Theatre
* Thomas H. Hoatson House

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* Calumet Historic District
* Quincy Mining Company Historic District

Former listings|

Italian Hall

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Houghton County, Michigan and List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan

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