Buildings - Hancock City Hall

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Title: Buildings - Hancock City Hall
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Buildings - Public Buildings - Municipal Buildings - City, Human Settlements - Cities and Towns, Seasons - Winter
Condition: Good
Description: City Hall - Hancock where congressional committee held investigations "handwritten notation on back of photo" [Image of the ornate sandstone building featuring a clock tower and a sandstone balcony.]
Source of Description: Back of photo [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Louis Koepel
Date of Photo: 1913-1914
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 6.5 cm x 10.5 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: Acc-400-12-13-1988-01-06-02
Collection Name: Quincy Mining Company
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• Built 1899. Note: temporary stability struts on corners below clock. The Flagpole destabilized the whole tower. The pole was later (5/1919) moved to the roof peak. The steeple was removed later still. Then the bell chamber was shortened and the bell itself lowered about 3 feet. Finally, stability was achieved and remains today. From 4 Jun 1943 to 2001 there was an air-raid siren on the flat tower top.
6/19/2014 10:36:47 PM by Anonymous