Shelden Avenue Historic District

Shelden Avenue Historic District

Corner of Sheldon and Huron, looking east
Location Shelden, Lake, & Montezuma Aves., Houghton, Michigan
Coordinates 47°7′21″N 88°34′4″W / 47.12250°N 88.56778°W / 47.12250; -88.56778Coordinates: 47°7′21″N 88°34′4″W / 47.12250°N 88.56778°W / 47.12250; -88.56778
Area 22.2 acres (9.0 ha)
Architect Ottenheimer,Henry L.; Charlton,Gilbert,& Demar
Architectural style Classical Revival, Renaissance, Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 87002154[1]
Added to NRHP December 30, 1987

The Shelden Avenue Historic District is a commercial historic district located along Shelden, Lake, & Montezuma Avenues in Houghton, Michigan. The district contains 43 contributing buildings (including the Douglass House and the Shelden-Dee Block, both separately listed)[2] in an area of 22 acres.[1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

History

Corner of Sheldon and Isle Royale, looking west
Corner of Sheldon and Huron
Corner of Sheldon and Huron, looking west
Sheldon, west of Huron

The structures in the Shelden Avenue Historic District range in age from the 1870s to the 1980s, but were primarily built in 1880-1910, during the copper boom that brought waves of workers into the Keweenaw Peninsula.[3]

Description

The Shelden Avenue Historic District contains the western Upper Peninsula's largest concentration of architecturally significant commercial buildings.[3] The district includes primarily commercial structures, but warehouses, lodge halls, municipal buildings, a movie theater, and a railroad passenger depot are also included within the district's boundaries. The structures are built in a range of architectural styles, including Late Victorian commercial, Richardsonian Romanesque, Sullivanesque, Renaissance Revival, Prairie School, and gable-roofed vernacular buildings. Nearly all of the most significant structures were designed by architects from outside of the immediate area—typically from Detroit, Chicago, and Marquette, including the firms of Charlton, Gilbert and DeMar and Henry L. Ottenheimer.[3] The structures range between one and four stories in height, and are in general constructed from local materials including waste rock from copper mines and native red sandstone.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Margaret Beattie Bogue (2007), Around the shores of Lake Superior: a guide to historic sites, University of Wisconsin Press, p. 278, ISBN 0-299-22174-1
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Shelden Avenue Historic District". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
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