Misplaced Pages

East Hancock, Michigan

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from East Hancock)

United States historic place
East Hancock Neighborhood Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Cooper Avenue Homes
East Hancock, Michigan is located in MichiganEast Hancock, MichiganShow map of MichiganEast Hancock, Michigan is located in the United StatesEast Hancock, MichiganShow map of the United States
LocationRoughly bounded by Front, Dunston and Vivian Sts., Mason and Cooper Aves., Hancock, Michigan
Coordinates47°8′4″N 88°34′29″W / 47.13444°N 88.57472°W / 47.13444; -88.57472
ArchitectH. T. Liebert, Et al.
Architectural styleRenaissance, Queen Anne, Shingle Style
NRHP reference No.80001859
Added to NRHPJune 23, 1980

East Hancock is a primarily residential neighbourhood in Hancock, Michigan, though it also includes the easternmost block of Quincy Street, the main street of Hancock's downtown.

East Hancock Neighborhood Historic District

Mason Avenue Streetscene
Harris Avenue Streetscene
Cooper Avenue Streetscene
House at Cooper and East
House at Cooper and Center

The East Hancock Neighborhood Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district which is a substantial subsection of the East Hancock neighborhood. The District is bounded by Front Street, Dunston Street, Vivian Street, Mason Avenue, and Cooper Avenue, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

There are 88 residences in the East Hancock Neighborhood Historic District, along with a synagogue called Temple Jacob, a gas station, and a WPA project. The majority of the residences were built between 1890 and 1920.

History

The East Hancock neighborhood was formerly characterized by a number of deep ravines originally covered with wooden sidewalks that were filled in by the Dakota Heights Land Company; the neighbourhood was then "subdivided into residential lots". Development in the neighborhood began in the 1890s and surged in the early 1900s, when a rush of prosperity increased the number of relatively wealthy people in Hancock. The neighborhood brought together Hancock citizens involved in the business and mining sectors of the economy. Notable early residents of the area were primarily mine employees and managers. As mining declined in importance, more Hancock businessmen moved into the neighborhood.

Description

Many of the residences in East Hancock were designed by prominent local architects. Styles represented in the neighborhood include Queen Anne, Stick, Shingle, Neo-Classical, Renaissance Revival, and Bungaloid.

A principal feature is a WPA-project stone staircase " from "Cooper Avenue to Front Street".

Historically, East Hancock was important as the station from which the trolley departed to the Electric Park resort.

The East Hancock Neighborhood Association was formed in 1981. It is noted for many large houses in the Queen Anne, Renaissance and shingle styles .

The construction of the Canal Crossings Condominium by Moyle Inc. has obstructed some of the view of the neighbourhood from the Portage Lake Lift Bridge, one of the things for which the project has been criticised.

Sources

  • East Hancock Revisited: History of a Neighborhood, Circa 1880 - 1920 (Eleanor A. Alexander, Hancock, Michigan: 1984)

Notes and references

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Alexander, Eleanor A. (1984). East Hancock Revisited: History of a Neighborhood Circa 1880-1920. p. 7.
  3. ^ East Hancock Neighborhood Historic District Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine form the state of Michigan, retrieved 9/10/09
  4. ^ Eckert, Kathryn Bishop (1993). Buildings of Michigan. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 470. ISBN 978-0-19-509379-7.
  5. ^ Alexander, Eleanor A. (1984). East Hancock Revisited: History of a Neighborhood Circa 1880-1920. p. 4.
  6. Alexander, Eleanor A. (1984). East Hancock Revisited: Story of a Neighborhood Circa 1880-1920.

External links

National Register of Historic Places in Houghton County, Michigan
Historic districts Houghton County map
Historic properties
National Historic Landmarks
Former listingsItalian Hall
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Houghton County, Michigan and List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Topics
Lists by state
Lists by insular areas
Lists by associated state
Other areas
Related
Categories:
East Hancock, Michigan Add topic