Editing East Hancock, Michigan (section)

== Description ==
Many of the residences in East Hancock were designed by prominent local architects.<ref name = "state"/>  Styles represented in the neighborhood include [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]], Stick, Shingle, Neo-Classical, [[Renaissance Revival]], and [[Bungalow|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, Hancock|Electric Park]] resort.<ref name="Alexander 1984 4"/>

The East Hancock Neighborhood Association was formed in 1981.<ref>{{cite book
 | first=Eleanor A.
 | last=Alexander
 | title=East Hancock Revisited: Story of a Neighborhood Circa 1880-1920
 | year=1984}}</ref>  It is noted for many large houses in the Queen Anne, [[Renaissance architectural style|Renaissance]] and [[shingle style]]s [http://www.e-history.com/Site/Site_USA_MI_H.htm].

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.[http://www.mininggazette.com/stories/articles.asp?articleID=6620]