South Range Community Building
United States historic place
South Range Community Building | |
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47°4′11″N 88°38′36″W / 47.06972°N 88.64333°W / 47.06972; -88.64333 | |
| Area | less than one acre |
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| Built | 1935 |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000310[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 09, 1981 |
The South Range Community Building is a community center located on Trimountain Avenue in South Range, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
History
During the depths of the Great Depression, the unemployment rate in the southern Keweenaw Peninsula was over 75%.[2] The South Range Community Building was built in 1933-35 and funded by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration as a way to employ the miners and craftsmen of the area.[2] The building was intended to function as both a social and governmental hub for the community of South Range, and it continues to serve this purpose today.
Description
The South Range Community Building is a one-story rectangular brick building with a facade of sandstone trimmed with brick.[2] It sits on a mine rock foundation, and is surmounted by a hipped roof with a three front gables flanked with side gables.[2] Three entrances are centered below the three front gables.[2]
Inside, the building contains village offices and a multi-use auditorium.[2] The center entrance on the first floor has been converted into a fire station.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f "South Range Community Building". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ^ "South Range Community Hall". Keweenaw Free Guide. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
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National Register of Historic Places in Houghton County, Michigan
- 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
- 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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