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LocationFourth Street,
Calumet, MI
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS MI-413
Building/structure dates:
1921 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1974 subsequent work
Significance: Designed by Warren H. Manning in the early 1920s, this is an extremely effective combination of a well defined controlling element (a radiating star) with a relaxed village park atmosphere. The relaxed atmosphere was created by a judicious arrangement of open spaces for active pursuits and smaller, denser spaces for more sedate activities. The plantings were a collection of largely native flora, frequently wildflowers. The park, while it was well maintained up to about 1950, was the center of village activities. Sports events, band concerts, flower watching, and strolling were all eagerly pursued. No other open space of this caliber exists in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Subjects
RecreationMoving Of StructuresParks
Related Names
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Manning, Warren H.
Agassiz, Alexander
Bartlett, Paul Wayland
J. Arthur Limerick Company
Nicholas, Wendy, Field Team
Harrington, Kevin, Historian
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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