Michigan - Marquette County - Historic Districts
Marquette County Michigan (Historic Districts) has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Cliffs Shaft Mine, Granot Loma, Gwinn Model Town Historic District and Cohodas, Sam, Lodge and Arch and Ridge Streets Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Marquette County historic places including William G. Mather, Louis G. Kaufman, Sam Cohodas and Peter White.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Marquette County places including D. Fred Charlton, Louden Machinery Co., Marshall & Fox, Ward Manning, George W. Maher, David E. Anderson, Nestor Kallioinen, US Lighthouse Establishment and 11th District Light-House Engineer. Prominent architectural styles found in Marquette Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Exotic Revival and Gothic.

Arch and Ridge Streets Historic District (added 1980 - - #80001879)
Also known as See Also:Call House
Arch and Ridge Sts. from Front St. to Lake Superior , Marquette
Slick-o-bot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Gothic, Italianate
Historic Person:
White,Peter,et al.
Significant Year:
1870, 1900
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Transportation, Exploration/Settlement, Industry, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Big Bay Point Light Station (added 1988 - - #88001837)
Also known as Big Bay Point Lighthouse
3 Lighthouse Rd. , Big Bay
Wingerham52, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
US Lighthouse Establishment, 11th District Light-House Engineer
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Maritime History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Coast Guard Facility, Single Dwelling, Water-Related
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
Cliffs Shaft Mine (added 1992 - - #92000832)
Euclid St. between Lakeshore Dr. and Spruce St. , Ishpeming
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Maher,George W.
Architectural Style:
Other, Exotic Revival
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Education, Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic, Research Facility
Cohodas, Sam, Lodge (added 1991 - - #91000331)
Also known as Michigamme Lake Lodge
Off US 41 at E end of Lake Michigamme, Michigamme Township , Champion
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kallioinen,Nestor, Anderson,David E.
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Cohodas,Sam
Significant Year:
1935
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
Granot Loma (added 1991 - - #91000330)
Co. Rd. 550 on Lake Superior shore N of Thoneys Pt., Powell Township , Marquette
JNeilBrooks, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Louden Machinery Co., Marshall & Fox
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Kaufman,Louis G.
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Camp
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Camp
Gwinn Model Town Historic District (added 2002 - - #00000286)
Also known as Gwinn
Including most of the original plat of Gwinn and surrounding greenbelt , Forsyth
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Charlton, D. Fred, Manning, Ward
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Historic Person:
Mather, William G.
Significant Year:
1907, 1933, 1946
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Plaza, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Plaza, Single Dwelling
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