Sault Ste. Marie Historic Commercial District

Sault Ste. Marie Historic Commercial District

NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 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: _Sault Ste. Marie Historic Commercial District________ 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: _ Ashmun St. between Water and Easterday.streets and Portage Ave. between Brady and Ferris streets, and Ashmun cross street blocks of Ridge, Maple, Arlington, Ann and Spruce streets ____________________________________________ City or town: _Sault Ste. Marie_ State: _Michigan__ County: _Chippewa__ Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________________________________________ 3.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 _X_ C ___D 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 No. 1024-0018 Sault Ste. Marie Historic Commercial District Chippewa County, Michigan 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 X Public – State Public – Federal X 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 No. 1024-0018 Sault Ste. Marie Historic Commercial District Chippewa County, Michigan Name of Property County and State Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) X District Site Structure Object Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing _103_________ _42____________ buildings _____________ _____________ sites _1____________ _____________ structures _____________ _____________ objects _104__________ _42___________ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register _5________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) _COMMERCE/TRADE_ _BUSINESS: office building_ _SOCIAL: meeting hall_ _GOVERNMENT____ _RELIGION: religious facility_ _RECREATION/CULTURE: theater_ _DOMESTIC: hotel_ _TRANSPORTATION: bridge_ 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 No. 1024-0018 Sault Ste. Marie Historic Commercial District Chippewa County, Michigan Name of Property County and State Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) _COMMERCE/TRADE_ _SOCIAL: meeting hall_ _GOVERNMENT____ _RELIGION: religious facility_ _RECREATION/CULTURE: theater_ _DOMESTIC: hotel_ _TRANSPORTATION: bridge _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) _LATE VICTORIAN_ _MID-19TH CENTURY_ _MODERN MOVEMENT: Art Deco_ ___________________ ___________________ Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: _Stone, Concrete, Brick, Sandstone, Wood: Weatherboard, Vinyl, Terra Cotta, Metal, Tile, EIFS_______________________ 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 The Sault Ste. Marie Commercial Historic District encompasses the historic business district of the city as well as homes of early residents and businessmen. The district contains commercial blocks, church buildings, and substantial residences, some of which have been converted to commercial use, and a number of buildings associated with ethnic groups important in the city’s history, most notable Italians and Greeks. The district extends along Ashmun Street from the intersection of Water Street southward through the intersections of Portage, Ridge and Maple, Arlington, Spruce, Dawson, and Library streets to south of Ann Street. The central business 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 No. 1024-0018 Sault Ste. Marie Historic Commercial District Chippewa County, Michigan Name of Property County and State district includes early commercial blocks and the city’s only “skyscraper,” public buildings such as the county courthouse and former federal building, the city’s preeminent hotel, and architecturally distinguished church buildings. It includes some buildings moved from the historic Fort Brady. The district has one of the earliest houses built in the city (and state) and homes of the city’s early business owners and professionals. The range of buildings reflects architectural styles popular from the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. The district’s long axes are north-south for approximately 0.7 mile along Ashmun Street and east-west 0.6 mile along Portage Avenue. It is a relatively narrow district, extending to the rear lot lines of buildings, generally about 0.25-mile-wide near the middle of the district along the Maple-Ridge Street axis, about 0.15-mile-wide southward to the Power Canal, and .05-mile-wide south of the Power Canal. The district contains 150 buildings, mostly two stories in height, which date from ca. 1820s to 1968, but are mostly from the late nineteenth century. It also contains one structure (the Ashmun Street Bridge). A total of 104 of these properties are Contributing resources within the historic district, while forty-two are Non-Contributing because they are less than fifty years old or have suffered loss of architectural integrity. Five additional structures were previously listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The district has Italianate, Late Victorian, Richardsonian Romanesque, and Commercial Brick commercial blocks, Neoclassical public buildings, and vernacular and Colonial Revival houses. In sum, nearly three-quarters of the district’s buildings provide a well-preserved material expression of the city’s history and architecture encapsulating the evolution and development of one of the oldest cities in Michigan. ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description Note, this nomination does not include the Sault Locks, which is listed as a National Historic Engineering Landmark and has been extensively documented. The locks will be referenced in relation to trends in development of the city of Sault Ste. Marie, but for greater detail, that formal listing should be consulted. SETTING The Sault Ste. Marie Commercial Historic District is located at the heart of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The city has grown outward from its commercial core that now makes up its historic district. NEED A LITTLE MORE ON SETTING. The district extends south from the Sault

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