East Hancock, Michigan
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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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
East Hancock Neighborhood Historic District
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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.<ref name = "nris"/>
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.<ref name = "state">East Hancock Neighborhood Historic District Template:Webarchive form the state of Michigan, retrieved 9/10/09</ref> The majority of the residences were built between 1890 and 1920.
History
[edit]The East Hancock neighborhood was formerly characterized by a number of deep ravines<ref name="Eckert 470">Template:Eckert-Buildings of Michigan</ref> originally covered with wooden sidewalks<ref name="Alexander 1984 4">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name = "state"/> The neighborhood brought together Hancock citizens involved in the business and mining sectors of the economy.<ref name = "state"/> Notable early residents of the area were primarily mine employees and managers. As mining declined in importance, more Hancock businessmen moved into the neighborhood.<ref name = "state"/>
Description
[edit]Many of the residences in East Hancock were designed by prominent local architects.<ref name = "state"/> Styles represented in the neighborhood include Queen Anne, Stick, Shingle, Neo-Classical, Renaissance Revival, and Bungaloid.<ref name = "state"/>
A principal feature is a WPA-project stone staircase "[descending] from "Cooper Avenue to Front Street".<ref name="Eckert 470"/>
Historically, East Hancock was important as the station from which the trolley departed to the Electric Park resort.<ref name="Alexander 1984 4"/>
The East Hancock Neighborhood Association was formed in 1981.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is noted for many large houses in the Queen Anne, Renaissance and shingle styles [1].
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.[2]
Sources
[edit]- East Hancock Revisited: History of a Neighborhood, Circa 1880 - 1920 (Eleanor A. Alexander, Hancock, Michigan: 1984)
Notes and references
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[edit]Template:National Register of Historic Places listings in Houghton County, Michigan Template:National Register of Historic Places
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- Historic districts in Houghton County, Michigan
- Queen Anne architecture in Michigan
- Shingle Style architecture in Michigan
- Renaissance Revival architecture in Michigan
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
- National Register of Historic Places in Houghton County, Michigan