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Houses in Houghton

Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Seasons, Winter, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns Houses in Houghton [This beautiful Victorian mansion is partially hidden by high snow banks. The home has an upper and lower porch and two windows on the upper level resembling port holes. All of the shades are evenly drawn. Location unknown. ]

Scanned: June 8, 2010


Houses in Houghton

Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Seasons, Winter, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns Houses in Houghton [A mission style home built on a hill with a large garage below. The home has two porches, one on each side.]

Scanned: June 8, 2010


City of Houghton

Transportation, Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Seasons, Winter City of Houghton [A team of horses wearing blankets and pulling a wagon are stopped in front of large homes to the left of the photo. It appears that a good amount of snow has recently fallen.]

Scanned: September 17, 2010


Houghton Residences

Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Seasons, Winter Houghton Residences [Snowy view of one side of the street with very large homes. People are walking in the cleared tracks of the street car. Location unknown.]

Scanned: September 20, 2010


Buildings - Residence

Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Seasons, Winter, Woody Plants, Trees Snow Scene House (1017 College Avenue owned by Professor Larry Lankton in 1999).

Scanned: February 8, 2010


Buildings - Homes

Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Woody Plants, Trees, Seasons, Winter Old Reeder home 318 College Avenue from campus. [Side view of the large Victorian residence with a witches cap.]

Scanned: February 15, 2008


Snowfall

Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Persons, Seasons, Winter [A couple gazes in amazement at the snow that completely covers their kitchen window.]

Scanned: March 9, 2009


Communication - Telephone

Persons, Seasons, Winter, Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family Robert Burrows, left, and James Myntti check an exchange cable concentrator designed to give better telephone service to rural areas, residents of Painesdale, Baltic and South Range. [Two men of the Michigan Bell Telephone Company stand next to a telephone pole where the concentrator is located.]

Scanned: August 14, 2007


Street Car Rigged with a Snow Plow

Seasons, Winter, Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Transportation, Railroads, Street, Railroads Houghton County Traction Company, winter scenes. [Photo shows children watching a street car clearing a snowy road with an attached plow. The conductor can be seen in the car smoking a pipe, while another man pushes snow away from the car's side door.]

Scanned: August 31, 2012


Log Home

Persons, Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Seasons, Winter [People stand in front of a log home during winter. A wood pile can be seen on the front porch, presumably for use in the house's wood stove.]

Scanned: October 2, 2013