Lake Linden Historic District
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Lake Linden Historic District
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Harris Block, 118-120 Calumet, from 1887
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| Location | Calumet St. between 1st and 8th plus parts of Hecla and Schoolcraft Sts., Lake Linden, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 47°11′32″N 88°24′30″W / 47.19222°N 88.40833°WCoordinates: 47°11′32″N 88°24′30″W / 47.19222°N 88.40833°W |
| Area | 52 acres (210,000 m2) |
| NRHP Reference # | 09000522 |
| Added to NRHP | July 16, 2009 |
The Lake Linden Historic District is located in the village of Lake Linden in Houghton County, Michigan. The primary section of the district is along Calumet Street (M-26), from First to Eighth Street. Additional structures in the district are located along Hecla and Schoolcraft Streets between First and Fourth, and nearby portions of First, Pine, Second, and Third Streets and N Avenue; three more structures are located in the 700 block of Front Street and nearby on Eighth Street. There are 83 buildings within the district, of which 69 are contributing properties.
Lake Linden is a French Canadian community on the north end of Torch Lake. The district includes 69 contributing and 14 non-contributing buildings. Three of the contributing properties, the Joseph Bosch Building, the First Congregational Church and the Lake Linden Village Hall and Fire Station were previously individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), while this district was added on July 16, 2009 and the listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of July 24, 2009.
The area around what is now Lake Linden was sparsely settled until the 1860s, when the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company decided to place their stamping mill near the lake. Construction started in 1867, and by 1870, nearly 150 people were employed at the mill. The village of Lake Linden (then known as Torch Lake) was organized in 1868. In 1885 the village was incorporated as a municipality.
However, on May 20, 1887, a devastasting fire completely destroyed 12 city blocks, affecting 75% of the village. In the wake of the fire, property insurance companies with heavy losses threatened to pull out of Lake Linden unless the village was made more resistant to fire. In response, the village council established a fire code, requiring buildings located within certain limits to be constructed of brick or stone, covered with metal, gravel, or slate.
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