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Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall
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| Location: | 399 Quincy St., Hancock, Michigan |
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| Built: | 1898 |
| Architect: | Charlton,Gilbert & Demar |
| Governing body: | Local |
| Part of: | Quincy Street Historic District (#88000143) |
| NRHP Reference#: | 81000307[1] |
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| 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. It is also known as the Hancock City Hall. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1977[2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
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 Qunicy 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]
The Hancock Town Hall is a two-story building constructed of rock-faced red 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]
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