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The following is a list of [[National Register of Historic Places|Registered Historic Places]] in [[Alger County, Michigan]].
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{{NRHP date for lists|Michigan}}
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[[File:Map of Michigan highlighting Alger County.svg|thumb|Location of Alger County in Michigan]]
This is a list of the '''National Register of Historic Places listings in Alger County, Michigan'''.


This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in [[Alger County, Michigan]], United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.<ref>{{NRHPGoogleMapFootnote}}</ref>
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There are 16 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.
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==Current listings==
{{NRHP header|NRISref=2008b|state_iso=us-mi}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=1
|refnum=78000374
|type=NRHP
|article=Au Sable Light
|name=Au Sable Light Station
|address=West of Grand Marais
|city=[[Grand Marais, Michigan|Grand Marais]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=1978-05-23
|image=Au Sable Light Station - NPS.jpg
|lat=46.672778
|lon=-86.139167
|description=The Au Sable Light Station was built in 1874 on Au Sable Point. The tower is a white brick conical tower with a black lantern; a red brick lightkeeper's house stands next door. Both were designed by Colonel [[Orlando Metcalfe Poe]]. The lighthouse was automated in 1958.
|commonscat=Au Sable Light Station
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=2
|refnum=14000366
|type=NRHP
|article=Bar Lake site
|name=Bar Lake site
|address=Near Bar Lake<ref>The NRIS gives the location of the Bar Lake site as "address restricted", but Dunham places it near Bar Lake. {{citation | title = Late Woodland Settlement and Subsistence in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan | author = Sean Barron Dunham | year = 2014 | url = https://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd%253A3165/datastream/OBJ/download/Late_Woodland_settlement_and_subsistence_in_the_eastern_Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan.pdf | access-date = 2017-02-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170212093024/https://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd%253A3165/datastream/OBJ/download/Late_Woodland_settlement_and_subsistence_in_the_eastern_Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan.pdf | archive-date = 2017-02-12 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|city=[[Munising Township, Michigan|Munising Township]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=2014-06-27
|image=
|lat=46.237778
|lon=-86.648611
|description=An archaeological site which is part of the Woodland Period Archaeological sites of the Indian River and Fishdam River Basins MPS.
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=3
|refnum=71000382
|type=NRHP
|article=Bay Furnace
|name=Bay Furnace
|address=Northwest of Christmas off [[M-28 (Michigan highway)|M-28]] in [[Hiawatha National Forest]]
|city=[[Au Train Township, Michigan|Au Train Township]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=1971-09-30
|image=Onota Bay Furnace.jpg
|lat=46.440833
|lon=-86.705833
|description=Bay Furnace was a [[blast furnace]] used for smelting iron. The furnace was constructed in 1869-70, and by 1874 was producing 15 tons of pig iron daily. A surrounding town, Onota, sprang up, and was soon home to 500 people. A disastrous fire in 1879 destroyed both the furnace and town; neither were rebuilt. The remains of the furnace were partially reconstructed later, and the site is now a campground.
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=4
|refnum=90000906
|type=NRHP
|article=Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
|name=Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
|address=[[M-28 (Michigan highway)|M-28]] west of Powell Pt.
|city=[[Munising Township, Michigan|Munising Township]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=1990-06-26
|image=Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light 2009.jpg
|lat=46.436667
|lon=-86.691111
|description=The Grand Island Range Lights were lit first in 1868, but by 1914 were in poor repair. The new rear range light was a {{convert|64|ft|m|adj=on}} tower, the upper half (painted white) of which was part of a tower originally located at the [[Vidal Shoals Channel Range Front and Rear|Vidal Shoals]] near [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]. The front range light was replaced again in 1968, but both lights were deactivated in 1969.
|commonscat=Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=5
|refnum=85002149
|type=HD
|article=Grand Island North Light Station
|name=Grand Island North Light Station
|address=Grand Island
|city=[[Grand Island Township, Michigan|Grand Island]] near [[Munising, Michigan|Munising]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=1985-09-12
|image=Grand Island North Lighthouse.jpg
|lat=46.558889
|lon=-86.680278
|description=Built in 1867 on a 175-foot tall cliff, the Grand Island North Light Station was the second lighthouse constructed at this site. The lighthouse was manned until 1941, and finally decommissioned in 1961. It is currently a privately owned summer home.
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=6
|refnum=12000254
|type=NRHP
|article=Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights
|name=Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights
|address=West pier at entry to Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge
|city=[[Burt Township, Alger County, Michigan|Burt Township]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=2012-5-2
|image=Maraisfr.jpg
|lat=46.683805
|lon=-85.972145
|description=The [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]] began upgrading the harbor at Grand Marais in 1881, building a timber pile breakwater and two piers demarcating the entry into the harbor. Realizing that an added light would improve navigation, the Lighthouse Board requested funding for a light at the pierhead. This outer light was constructed in 1895; an inner light was added in 1898. Both are prefabricated skeletal iron or steel structures painted white and bolted to the pier. These lights are part of the Light Stations of the United States [[Multiple Property Submission]].
|commonscat=Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Lights
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=7
|refnum=14000367
|type=NRHP
|article=Hartney Terrace site
|name=Hartney Terrace site
|address=Near Hartney Lake<ref>The NRIS gives the location of the Hartney Terrace site as "address restricted", but Dunham places it near Hartney Lake. {{citation | title = Late Woodland Settlement and Subsistence in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan | author = Sean Barron Dunham | year = 2014 | url = https://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd%253A3165/datastream/OBJ/download/Late_Woodland_settlement_and_subsistence_in_the_eastern_Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan.pdf | access-date = 2017-02-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170212093024/https://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd%253A3165/datastream/OBJ/download/Late_Woodland_settlement_and_subsistence_in_the_eastern_Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan.pdf | archive-date = 2017-02-12 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|city=[[Munising Township, Michigan|Munising Township]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=2014-06-27
|image=
|lat=46.264028
|lon=-86.673111
|description=An archaeological site which is part of the Woodland Period Archaeological sites of the Indian River and Fishdam River Basins MPS.
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=8
|refnum=99001463
|type=NRHP
|article=King Road – Whitefish River Bridge
|name=King Road – Whitefish River Bridge
|address=King Rd. over Whitefish River
|city=[[Limestone Township, Michigan|Limestone Township]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=1999-11-30
|image=King Road Whitefish River Bridge A.jpg
|lat=46.263611
|lon=-87.092778
|description=This bridge, completed in 1919, was the last link in the Alger County trunk line road running from Trenary to Skandia. In 1919, the Michigan State Highway Department engineers designed what was designated as Trunk Line Bridge Number 264, based on a standard girder bridge design that the agency had developed in 1913–14.
|commonscat=King Road–Whitefish River Bridge
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=9
|refnum=76001023
|type=NRHP
|article=Lobb House
|name=Lobb House
|address=203 W. Onota St.
|city=[[Munising, Michigan|Munising]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=1976-10-08
|image=Lobb House Munising MI 2009.jpg
|lat=46.410556
|lon=-86.657222
|description=Edward and Elizabeth Lobb owned the prosperous Princeton Mine in [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette County]] and the Anna River Brick Company, founded in 1887. Edward Lobb died c. 1892, leaving the family's fortune to Elizabeth. She continued operating the brickyard along with her son Nathaniel, and in 1905-1906 built this house designed by [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]] architect Edward DeMar.
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=10
|refnum=99001460
|type=NRHP
|article=M-28 – Sand River Bridge
|name=M-28 – Sand River Bridge
|address=[[M-28 (Michigan highway)|M-28]] over Sand River
|city=[[Onota Township, Michigan|Onota Township]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=1999-11-30
|image=M28-SandRiverBridgeMI.jpg
|lat=46.495
|lon=-87.1075
|description=The bridge carrying M-28 over the Sand River is a medium-span concrete bridge with a shallow arch span, 4 feet thick at the abutments and 1'-8" at the center. The bridge has a so-called rigid-frame construction, which was a new development by the highway department at the time the bridge was built.
|commonscat=M-28–Sand River Bridge
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=11
|refnum=99001462
|type=NRHP
|article=M-94 (old) – Au Train River Bridge
|name=M-94 (old) – Au Train River Bridge
|address=Wolkoff Rd. over Au Train River
|city=[[Au Train Township, Michigan|Au Train Township]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=1999-11-30
|image=M94 AU Train River Bridge B.jpg
|lat=46.433333
|lon=-86.824167
|description=This bridge, now closed to vehicular traffic, carries what is now Wolkoff Road over the Au Train River. It is one of only two remaining bridges built to a 1907-1908 Michigan State Highway Department design standard for steel [[Plate girder bridge#Half-through plate girder bridge|plate through girder bridges]] intended for mid-size spans of 30 to 60 feet.
|commonscat=Old M-94–Au Train River Bridge
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=12
|refnum=93000428
|type=NRHP
|article=Mikulich General Store
|name=Mikulich General Store
|address=Junction of County Routes 1 and 44, Limestone Township
|city=[[Traunik, Michigan|Traunik]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=1993-07-15
|image=Mikulich General Store.jpg
|lat=46.260556
|lon=-86.969444
|description=The Mikulich General Store is a two-story rectangular building with a flat roof. The store was operated by the Mikulich family from 1926 to 1887, and served as the social and economic center for the Slovenian community of Traunik.
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=13
|refnum=72000590
|type=NRHP
|article=Paulson House (Au Train, Michigan)
|name=Paulson House
|address=South of AuTrain on USFS Rd. 2278 in Hiawatha National Forest
|city=[[Au Train, Michigan|Au Train]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=1972-11-09
|image=Paulson House Au Train MI.jpg
|lat=46.406944
|lon=-86.850278
|description=The Paulson Hose is a cedar log structure built in 1883 by Swedish immigrant Charles Paulson. The upper floor of the cabin was used as a school room in the early part of the 20th century. Paulson and his wife lived in the cabin until their deaths in 1925.
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=14
|refnum=03001548
|type=NRHP
|article=Pickle Barrel House
|name=Pickle Barrel House
|address=Northeastern corner of Lake Ave. and Randolph St.
|city=[[Burt Township, Alger County, Michigan|Burt Township]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=2004-02-04
|image=Pickle Barrel house.jpg
|lat=46.671111
|lon=-85.984722
|description=The Pickle Barrel House is a two-story cabin built of two barrels. The house design is based on cartoon characters, the [[Teenie Weenies]], created by [[William Donahey]]. The barrel house was created as a large-scale version of the miniature oak casks used for Monarch-brand pickles, a food line that Donahey did advertisements for.
|commonscat=Pickle Barrel House
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=15
|refnum=77000151
|type=NRHP
|article=Schoolcraft Furnace site
|name=Schoolcraft Furnace site
|address=Northeast of Munising off [[M-94 (Michigan highway)|M-94]]
|city=[[Munising, Michigan|Munising]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=1977-12-28
|image=SchoolcraftFurnace-MunisingMI3.jpg
|lat=46.423889
|lon=-86.6225
|description=The Schoolcraft Furnace is an abandoned iron furnace. Construction began on the furnace in 1867, and by 1869 it was putting out 20 tons if pig iron daily. However, material shortages, poor management, and a depression in iron prices caused operations to be erratic. After several restarts, the furnace closed for good in 1878.
|commonscat=Schoolcraft Furnace Site
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=16
|refnum=14000368
|type=NRHP
|article=Widewaters site
|name=Widewaters site
|address=Indian River near Bar Lake<ref>The NRIS gives the location of the Widewaters site as "address restricted", but Dunham places it near Bar Lake. {{citation | title = Late Woodland Settlement and Subsistence in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan | author = Sean Barron Dunham | year = 2014 | url = https://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd%253A3165/datastream/OBJ/download/Late_Woodland_settlement_and_subsistence_in_the_eastern_Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan.pdf | access-date = 2017-02-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170212093024/https://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd%253A3165/datastream/OBJ/download/Late_Woodland_settlement_and_subsistence_in_the_eastern_Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan.pdf | archive-date = 2017-02-12 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|city=[[Munising Township, Michigan|Munising Township]]
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
|date=2014-06-27
|image=
|lat=46.233333
|lon=-86.638889
|description=An archaeological site which is part of the Woodland Period Archaeological sites of the Indian River and Fishdam River Basins MPS.
}}
|}


==Former listing==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:98%"
{{NRHP former header|splitdate=yes}}
! {{NRHP color}}|<ref>Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined [[Wikipedia:NRHP colors legend|here]], differentiate [[National Historic Landmark]] sites, a [[National Historic Site (United States)|]], and several [[National Register of Historic Places Districts]] from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.</ref>
{{NRHP row
! width = 18% {{NRHP color}}| '''Site name'''<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008b}}</ref>
|pos=1
! width = 8% class="unsortable" {{NRHP color}}| '''Image'''
|refnum=73002200
! width = 10% {{NRHP color}}|'''Date listed'''
|type=NRHP-delisted
! {{NRHP color}}|'''Location'''
|article=Hill's Store
! width = 8% {{NRHP color}}|'''City or Town'''
|name=Hill's Store
! class="unsortable" {{NRHP color}}| '''Summary'''
|address=Grand Marais Ave.
|--
|city=[[Grand Marais, Michigan]]
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>1</small>
|county=[[Alger County, Michigan]]
| [[Au Sable Light|Au Sable Light Station]]
|date=1971-04-16
| [[Image:Au Sable Light Station - NPS.jpg|100px]]
|delisted_date=1973-03-05
| {{dts|link=off|1978|5|23}}
|image=Hills store Grand Marais.jpg
| West of Grand Marais<br/><small>{{coord|46|40|22|N|86|8|21|W|name=Au Sable Light Station}}</small>
|lat=46.67082
| [[Grand Marais, Michigan|Grand Marais]]
|lon=-85.9839
| The Au Sable Light Station was built in 1874 on Au Sable Point. The tower is a white brick conical tower with a black lantern; a red brick lightkeeper's house stands next door. Bothe were designed by Colonel [[Orlando Metcalfe Poe]]. The lighthouse was automated in 1958.
|description= Demolished
|--
}}
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>2</small>
| [[Bay Furnace]]
| [[File:Onota Bay Furnace.jpg|100px]]
| {{dts|link=off|1971|9|30}}
| Northwest of Christmas off [[M-28 (Michigan highway)|M-28]] in Hiawatha National Forest<br/><small>{{coord|46|26|27|N|86|42|21|W|name=Bay Furnace}}</small>
| [[Christmas, Michigan|Christmas]]
| Bay Furnace was a [[blast furnace]] used for smelting iron. The furnace was constructed in 1869-70, and by 1874 was producing 15 tons of pig iron daily. A surrounding town, Onota, sprang up, and was soon home to 500 people. A disatrous fire in 1879 destroyed both the furnace and town; neother were rebuilt. The remains of the furnace were partially reconstructed later, and the site is now a campground.
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>3</small>
| [[Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light]]
| [[Image:Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light 2009.jpg|100px]]
| {{dts|link=off|1990|6|26}}
| [[M-28 (Michigan highway)|M-28]] west of Powell Pt.<br/><small>{{coord|46|26|12|N|86|41|28|W|name=Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light}}</small>
| [[Christmas, Michigan|Christmas]]
| The Grand Island Range Lights were lit first in 1868, but by 1914 were in poor repair. The new rear range light was a {{convert|64|ft|m|adj=on}} tower, the upper half (painted white) of which was part of a tower originally located at the [[Vidal Shoals Channel Range Front and Rear|Vidal Shoals]] near [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]. The front range light was replaced again in 1968, but both lights were deactivated in 1969.
|--
! {{HD color}} | <small>4</small>
| [[Grand Island North Light Station]]
| [[File:Grand Island North Lighthouse.jpg|100 px|Grand Island North Lighthouse]]
| {{dts|link=off|1985|9|12}}
| Grand Island<br/><small>{{coord|46|33|32|N|86|40|49|W|name=Grand Island North Light Station}}</small>
| [[Grand Island Township, Michigan|Grand Island]] near [[Munising, Michigan|Munising]]
| Built in 1867 on a 175-foot tall cliff, the Grand Island North Light Station was the second lighthouse constructed at this site. The lighthouse was manned until 1941, and finally decommissioned in 1961. It is currently a privately owned summer home.
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>5</small>
| [[King Road – Whitefish River Bridge]]
| [[File:King Road Whitefish River Bridge A.jpg|100px]]
| {{dts|link=off|1999|11|30}}
| King Rd. over Whitefish River<br/><small>{{coord|46|15|49|N|87|5|34|W|name=King Road--Whitefish River Bridge}}</small>
| [[Limestone Township, Michigan|Limestone Township]]
| <!-- Description goes here -->
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>6</small>
| [[Lobb House]]
| [[Image:Lobb House Munising MI 2009.jpg|100px]]
| {{dts|link=off|1976|10|8}}
| 203 W. Onota St.<br/><small>{{coord|46|24|38|N|86|39|26|W|name=Lobb House}}</small>
| [[Munising, Michigan|Munising]]
| Edward and Elizabeth Lobb owned the prosperous Princeton Mine in [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette County]] and the Anna River Brick Company, founded in 1887. Edward Lobb died c. 1892, leaving the family's fortune to Elizabeth. She continued operating the brickyard along with her son Nathaniel, and in 1905-1906 built this house designed by [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]] architect Edward DeMar.
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>7</small>
| [[M-28 – Sand River Bridge]]
| [[File:M28-SandRiverBridgeMI.jpg|100px]]
| {{dts|link=off|1999|11|30}}
| [[M-28 (Michigan highway)|M-28]] over Sand River<br/><small>{{coord|46|29|42|N|87|6|27|W|name=M-28--Sand River Bridge}}</small>
| [[Onota Township, Michigan|Onota Township]]
| The bridge carrying M-28 over the Sand River is a medium-span concrete bridge with a shallow arch span, 4 feet thick at the abutments and 1'-8" at the center. The bridge has a so-called rigid-frame construction, which was a new development by the highway department at the time the bridge was built.
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>8</small>
| [[M-94 (old) – Au Train River Bridge]]
| [[File:M94 AU Train River Bridge B.jpg|100px]]
| {{dts|link=off|1999|11|30}}
| Wolkoff Rd. over Au Train River<br/><small>{{coord|46|26|0|N|86|49|27|W|name=M-94 (old)--Au Train River Bridge}}</small>
| [[Au Train Township, Michigan|Au Train Township]]
| This bridge, now closed to vehicular traffic, carries what is now Wolkoff Road over the Au Train River. It is one of only two remaining bridges built to a 1907-1908 Michigan State Highway Department design standard for steel [[Plate girder bridge#Half-through plate girder bridge|plate through girder bridges]] intended for mid-size spans of 30 to 60 feet.
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>9</small>
| [[Mikulich General Store]]
| [[File:Mikulich General Store.jpg|100px]]
| {{dts|link=off|1993|7|15}}
| Junction of County Routes 1 and 44, Limestone Township<br/><small>{{coord|46|15|38|N|86|58|10|W|name=Mikulich General Store}}</small>
| [[Traunik, Michigan|Traunik]]
| The Mikulich General Store is a two-story rectangular building with a flat roof. The store was operated by the Mikulich family from 1926 to 1887, and served as the social and economic center for the Slovenian community of Traunik.
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>10</small>
| [[Paulson House (Au Train, Michigan)|Paulson House]]
| [[File:Paulson House Au Train MI.jpg|100px]]
| {{dts|link=off|1972|11|9}}
| South of AuTrain on USFS Rd. 2278 in Hiawatha National Forest<br/><small>{{coord|46|24|25|N|86|51|1|W|name=Paulson House}}</small>
| [[Au Train, Michigan|Au Train]]
| The Paulson Hose is a cedar log structure built in 1883 by Swedish immigrant Charles Paulson. The upper floor of the cabin was used as a school room in the early part of the 20th century. Paulson and his wife lived in the cabin until their deaths in 1925.
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>11</small>
| [[Pickle Barrel House]]
| [[Image:Pickle Barrel house.jpg|100px]]
| {{dts|link=off|2004|2|4}}
| Northeastern corner of Lake Ave. and Randolph St.<br/><small>{{coord|46|40|16|N|85|59|5|W|name=Pickle Barrel House}}</small>
| [[Burt Township, Alger County, Michigan|Burt Township]]
| The Pickle Barrel House is a two-story cabin built of two barrels. The house design is based on cartoon characters, the [[Teenie Weenies]], created by [[William Donahey]]. The barrel house was created as a large-scale version of the miniature oak casks used for Monarch-brand pickles, a food line that Donahey did advertisements for.
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>12</small>
| [[Schoolcraft Furnace Site]]
| [[File:SchoolcraftFurnace-MunisingMI3.jpg|100px]]
| {{dts|link=off|1977|12|28}}
| Northeast of Munising off [[M-94 (Michigan highway)|M-94]]<br/><small>{{coord|46|25|26|N|86|37|21|W|name=Schoolcraft Furnace Site}}</small>
| [[Munising, Michigan|Munising]]
| The Schoolcraft Furnace Site is an abandoned iron furnace. Construction began on the furnace in 1867, and by 1869 it was putting out 20 tons if pig iron daily. However, material shortages, poor management, and a depression in iron prices caused operations to be erratic. After several restarts, the furnace closed for good in 1878.
|}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Registered Historic Places in Michigan]]
{{Commons category|National Register of Historic Places in Alger County, Michigan}}
* [[List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Michigan]]
* Listings in neighboring counties: [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Delta County, Michigan|Delta]], [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Michigan#Luce County|Luce]], [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette]], [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Michigan#Schoolcraft County|Schoolcraft]]
* [[List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Alger County, Michigan]]


==References==
==References==
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{{Alger County, Michigan}}
{{Registered Historic Places}}


[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Michigan by county|Alger County]]
[[Category:Alger County, Michigan| ]]
[[Category:Lists of National Register of Historic Places in Michigan by county|Alger County]]
[[Category:Alger County, Michigan]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Alger County, Michigan|*]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Alger County, Michigan]]

Latest revision as of 00:51, 16 June 2024

Location of Alger County in Michigan

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Alger County, Michigan.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alger County, Michigan, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.[1]

There are 16 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.


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[3] Name on the Register[4] Image Date listed[5] Location City or town Description
1 Au Sable Light Station
Au Sable Light Station
Au Sable Light Station
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 May 23, 1978
(#78000374) 		West of Grand Marais
46°40′22″N 86°08′21″W / 46.672778°N 86.139167°W / 46.672778; -86.139167 (Au Sable Light Station) 		Grand Marais The Au Sable Light Station was built in 1874 on Au Sable Point. The tower is a white brick conical tower with a black lantern; a red brick lightkeeper's house stands next door. Both were designed by Colonel Orlando Metcalfe Poe. The lighthouse was automated in 1958.
2 Bar Lake site Upload image June 27, 2014
(#14000366) 		Near Bar Lake[6]
46°14′16″N 86°38′55″W / 46.237778°N 86.648611°W / 46.237778; -86.648611 (Bar Lake site) 		Munising Township An archaeological site which is part of the Woodland Period Archaeological sites of the Indian River and Fishdam River Basins MPS.
3 Bay Furnace
Bay Furnace
Bay Furnace
 September 30, 1971
(#71000382) 		Northwest of Christmas off M-28 in Hiawatha National Forest
46°26′27″N 86°42′21″W / 46.440833°N 86.705833°W / 46.440833; -86.705833 (Bay Furnace) 		Au Train Township Bay Furnace was a blast furnace used for smelting iron. The furnace was constructed in 1869-70, and by 1874 was producing 15 tons of pig iron daily. A surrounding town, Onota, sprang up, and was soon home to 500 people. A disastrous fire in 1879 destroyed both the furnace and town; neither were rebuilt. The remains of the furnace were partially reconstructed later, and the site is now a campground.
4 Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
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 June 26, 1990
(#90000906) 		M-28 west of Powell Pt.
46°26′12″N 86°41′28″W / 46.436667°N 86.691111°W / 46.436667; -86.691111 (Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light) 		Munising Township The Grand Island Range Lights were lit first in 1868, but by 1914 were in poor repair. The new rear range light was a 64-foot (20 m) tower, the upper half (painted white) of which was part of a tower originally located at the Vidal Shoals near Sault Ste. Marie. The front range light was replaced again in 1968, but both lights were deactivated in 1969.
5 Grand Island North Light Station
Grand Island North Light Station
Grand Island North Light Station
 September 12, 1985
(#85002149) 		Grand Island
46°33′32″N 86°40′49″W / 46.558889°N 86.680278°W / 46.558889; -86.680278 (Grand Island North Light Station) 		Grand Island near Munising Built in 1867 on a 175-foot tall cliff, the Grand Island North Light Station was the second lighthouse constructed at this site. The lighthouse was manned until 1941, and finally decommissioned in 1961. It is currently a privately owned summer home.
6 Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights
Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights
Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights
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 May 2, 2012
(#12000254) 		West pier at entry to Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge
46°41′02″N 85°58′20″W / 46.683805°N 85.972145°W / 46.683805; -85.972145 (Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights) 		Burt Township The Army Corps of Engineers began upgrading the harbor at Grand Marais in 1881, building a timber pile breakwater and two piers demarcating the entry into the harbor. Realizing that an added light would improve navigation, the Lighthouse Board requested funding for a light at the pierhead. This outer light was constructed in 1895; an inner light was added in 1898. Both are prefabricated skeletal iron or steel structures painted white and bolted to the pier. These lights are part of the Light Stations of the United States Multiple Property Submission.
7 Hartney Terrace site Upload image June 27, 2014
(#14000367) 		Near Hartney Lake[7]
46°15′51″N 86°40′23″W / 46.264028°N 86.673111°W / 46.264028; -86.673111 (Hartney Terrace site) 		Munising Township An archaeological site which is part of the Woodland Period Archaeological sites of the Indian River and Fishdam River Basins MPS.
8 King Road – Whitefish River Bridge
King Road – Whitefish River Bridge
King Road – Whitefish River Bridge
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 November 30, 1999
(#99001463) 		King Rd. over Whitefish River
46°15′49″N 87°05′34″W / 46.263611°N 87.092778°W / 46.263611; -87.092778 (King Road – Whitefish River Bridge) 		Limestone Township This bridge, completed in 1919, was the last link in the Alger County trunk line road running from Trenary to Skandia. In 1919, the Michigan State Highway Department engineers designed what was designated as Trunk Line Bridge Number 264, based on a standard girder bridge design that the agency had developed in 1913–14.
9 Lobb House
Lobb House
Lobb House
 October 8, 1976
(#76001023) 		203 W. Onota St.
46°24′38″N 86°39′26″W / 46.410556°N 86.657222°W / 46.410556; -86.657222 (Lobb House) 		Munising Edward and Elizabeth Lobb owned the prosperous Princeton Mine in Marquette County and the Anna River Brick Company, founded in 1887. Edward Lobb died c. 1892, leaving the family's fortune to Elizabeth. She continued operating the brickyard along with her son Nathaniel, and in 1905-1906 built this house designed by Sault Ste. Marie architect Edward DeMar.
10 M-28 – Sand River Bridge
M-28 – Sand River Bridge
M-28 – Sand River Bridge
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 November 30, 1999
(#99001460) 		M-28 over Sand River
46°29′42″N 87°06′27″W / 46.495°N 87.1075°W / 46.495; -87.1075 (M-28 – Sand River Bridge) 		Onota Township The bridge carrying M-28 over the Sand River is a medium-span concrete bridge with a shallow arch span, 4 feet thick at the abutments and 1'-8" at the center. The bridge has a so-called rigid-frame construction, which was a new development by the highway department at the time the bridge was built.
11 M-94 (old) – Au Train River Bridge
M-94 (old) – Au Train River Bridge
M-94 (old) – Au Train River Bridge
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 November 30, 1999
(#99001462) 		Wolkoff Rd. over Au Train River
46°26′00″N 86°49′27″W / 46.433333°N 86.824167°W / 46.433333; -86.824167 (M-94 (old) – Au Train River Bridge) 		Au Train Township This bridge, now closed to vehicular traffic, carries what is now Wolkoff Road over the Au Train River. It is one of only two remaining bridges built to a 1907-1908 Michigan State Highway Department design standard for steel plate through girder bridges intended for mid-size spans of 30 to 60 feet.
12 Mikulich General Store
Mikulich General Store
Mikulich General Store
 July 15, 1993
(#93000428) 		Junction of County Routes 1 and 44, Limestone Township
46°15′38″N 86°58′10″W / 46.260556°N 86.969444°W / 46.260556; -86.969444 (Mikulich General Store) 		Traunik The Mikulich General Store is a two-story rectangular building with a flat roof. The store was operated by the Mikulich family from 1926 to 1887, and served as the social and economic center for the Slovenian community of Traunik.
13 Paulson House
Paulson House
Paulson House
 November 9, 1972
(#72000590) 		South of AuTrain on USFS Rd. 2278 in Hiawatha National Forest
46°24′25″N 86°51′01″W / 46.406944°N 86.850278°W / 46.406944; -86.850278 (Paulson House) 		Au Train The Paulson Hose is a cedar log structure built in 1883 by Swedish immigrant Charles Paulson. The upper floor of the cabin was used as a school room in the early part of the 20th century. Paulson and his wife lived in the cabin until their deaths in 1925.
14 Pickle Barrel House
Pickle Barrel House
Pickle Barrel House
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 February 4, 2004
(#03001548) 		Northeastern corner of Lake Ave. and Randolph St.
46°40′16″N 85°59′05″W / 46.671111°N 85.984722°W / 46.671111; -85.984722 (Pickle Barrel House) 		Burt Township The Pickle Barrel House is a two-story cabin built of two barrels. The house design is based on cartoon characters, the Teenie Weenies, created by William Donahey. The barrel house was created as a large-scale version of the miniature oak casks used for Monarch-brand pickles, a food line that Donahey did advertisements for.
15 Schoolcraft Furnace site
Schoolcraft Furnace site
Schoolcraft Furnace site
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 December 28, 1977
(#77000151) 		Northeast of Munising off M-94
46°25′26″N 86°37′21″W / 46.423889°N 86.6225°W / 46.423889; -86.6225 (Schoolcraft Furnace site) 		Munising The Schoolcraft Furnace is an abandoned iron furnace. Construction began on the furnace in 1867, and by 1869 it was putting out 20 tons if pig iron daily. However, material shortages, poor management, and a depression in iron prices caused operations to be erratic. After several restarts, the furnace closed for good in 1878.
16 Widewaters site Upload image June 27, 2014
(#14000368) 		Indian River near Bar Lake[8]
46°14′00″N 86°38′20″W / 46.233333°N 86.638889°W / 46.233333; -86.638889 (Widewaters site) 		Munising Township An archaeological site which is part of the Woodland Period Archaeological sites of the Indian River and Fishdam River Basins MPS.

Former listing

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Hill's Store
Hill's Store
Hill's Store
 April 16, 1971
(#73002200)		March 5, 1973 Grand Marais Ave.
46°40′15″N 85°59′02″W / 46.67082°N 85.9839°W / 46.67082; -85.9839 (Hill's Store) 		Grand Marais, Michigan Demolished

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References

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  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved July 26, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
  5. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  6. ^ The NRIS gives the location of the Bar Lake site as "address restricted", but Dunham places it near Bar Lake. Sean Barron Dunham (2014), Late Woodland Settlement and Subsistence in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on February 12, 2017, retrieved February 22, 2017
  7. ^ The NRIS gives the location of the Hartney Terrace site as "address restricted", but Dunham places it near Hartney Lake. Sean Barron Dunham (2014), Late Woodland Settlement and Subsistence in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on February 12, 2017, retrieved February 22, 2017
  8. ^ The NRIS gives the location of the Widewaters site as "address restricted", but Dunham places it near Bar Lake. Sean Barron Dunham (2014), Late Woodland Settlement and Subsistence in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on February 12, 2017, retrieved February 22, 2017
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