Big Traverse Bay Historic District
Historic district in Michigan, United States
United States historic place
Big Traverse Bay Historic District | |
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47°11′35″N 88°14′12″W / 47.19306°N 88.23667°W / 47.19306; -88.23667 | |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
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| NRHP reference No. | 75000946[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 20, 1975 |
| Designated MSHS | February 21, 1975[2] |
The Big Traverse Bay Historic District is a historic district located east of Lake Linden, Michigan at the mouth of the Traverse River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1975.[1][2]
History
The site on which the Big Traverse Bay Historic District now stands was originally a logging camp owned by the Hebard Lumber Company, dating from the last two decades of the 19th century.[2] A substantial number of Finnish emigres moved into the area, working in the lumber, mining, or fishing industries. By 1920, Big Traverse Bay had developed into a primarily fishing community. in the 1950s, construction of a breakwater and changes to the harbor resulted in the demolition of a number of houses, as well as a footbridge across the river. The community remains an active, and relatively isolated, fishing community.[2]
Description
Big Traverse Bay is a small Finnish fishing community located on a peninsula and adjacent mainland at the mouth of the Traverse River on Lake Superior.[2] The community includes approximately 40 small, single-story, gable-roofed houses with aluminum siding an undeveloped yards. Vintage gasoline pumps, net reels, cedar shake-covered fishing buildings, ice houses and saunas are still in use.[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f "Big Traverse Bay Historic District". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 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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