10-900 Registration Form
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NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 expiration date 03/31/2022 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: _Hickory Lodge No. 345____________________________ Other names/site number: ______________________________________ Name of related multiple property listing: _N/A_______________________________________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: _4558 West Hickory Road________________________ City or town: _Hickory Corners (Barry Township)_ State: _Michigan_ County: _Barry__ Not For Publication: Vicinity: ___________________________________________________________________________ _ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ___ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide _X_ local Applicable National Register Criteria: _X_ A ___B ___C ___D DRAFT Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ______________________________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Hickory Lodge No. 345 Barry County, MI Name of Property County and State In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: X Public – Local Public – State DRAFT Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) X District Site Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Hickory Lodge No. 345 Barry County, MI Name of Property County and State Structure Object Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing _____1________ ______0_______ buildings _____0________ ______0_______ sites _____0________ ______0_______ structures _____0________ ______0_______ objects _____0________ ______0________ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register ____0_____ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) _SOCIAL/meeting hall_ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ DRAFT ___________________ Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) _SOCIAL/meeting hall_ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Sections 1-6 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Hickory Lodge No. 345 Barry County, MI Name of Property County and State _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS_ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: _Brick_______________________ Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph Hickory Lodge No. 345 is located at 4558 West Hickory Road in Hickory Corners, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan. The lodge is a two-story, rectangular building constructed of red brick and set on a concrete foundation. The building faces south toward West Hickory Road. The current building consistsDRAFT of the original, two-story volume, which is twenty-six feet wide and fifty-two feet in length, and a small, one-story concrete block addition that extends from the north elevation was constructed in the 1960s. The addition houses a kitchen. The building was designed by Kalamazoo, Michigan, architect Rockwell LeRoy and constructed by members of Hickory Lodge in 1912. The façade, or south elevation, retains its original fenestration, double arched entry, brick and stone string course, and other details. The original, flat roof collapsed in 2013 and has been replaced by a low-angled hipped roof that better equipped to accommodate the Michigan climate while also minimizing the visual impact to the building. The second story of the east and west elevations have been altered by the removal windows on those elevations (the windows of the first story remain). These changes were in response to the roof collapse in 2013. The interior has been altered to some degree, both in response to damage caused by the roof collapse and by the need to provide functionality for contemporary Masonic functions. The primary space of the building, the Lodge Room, was Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Hickory Lodge No. 345 Barry County, MI Name of Property County and State partially damaged by the collapsed roof. The east half, which was damaged, was repaired and the west half, which was undamaged, retained its historical details. Hickory Lodge No. 345 possesses historic and architectural integrity and continues to convey its significance as a Masonic lodge constructed in 1912 in Hickory Corners, Michigan. ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description Location and Setting Hickory Lodge No. 345 is located at 4558 West Hickory Road in Hickory Corners, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan. Hickory Corners1 is an unincorporated community located in southern Barry Township in Barry County, in southwestern quarter of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. The hamlet is centered on the intersection of West Hickory Road and Kellogg School Road. The village of Hickory Corners is located some fifteen miles northeast of Kalamazoo, about thirteen miles northwest of Battle Creek, approximately forty miles southeast of Grand Rapids, and about forty-five miles southwest of Lansing, Michigan’s capital city. West Hickory Road runs east to west through the southern third of Barry Township. Hickory Lodge No. 345 sits on the north side of the West Hickory Road and a short distance to the west of its intersection with Kellogg School Road, the primary north-south road through the village. The building is situated on a north-south axis and faces south toward the street. The parcel on which the building is located is flat and predominantly covered by grass. A concrete sidewalk runs along the front of the property at its southern edge, and a concrete walk, centered on the entry, leads from the public sidewalk to the front of the building. To the east is a modern gas station and Kellogg School Road, which runs north-south. Situated along Kellogg School Road, to the south of West Hickory Road, are several mid- to late-nineteenth- or early twentieth-century buildings that illustrate the commercial and historical development of the community. Some demolitions have occurred along that stretch of the road, predominantly to the north of Kellogg School Road, but a historic district my still be present