Jail & Sheriff's Residence - Michigan Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Constructed in 1894, this graceful Queen Anne style structure served as the Luce County jail and sheriff's residence for over seventy years The Peninsular Land Company donated the site. The architectural firm of Lovejoy and DeMar, from Marquette, designed this sturdy edifice made of rough-hewn Jacobsville sandstone. The Luce County Historical Society rescued this structure from demolition in 1975 and restored it as the Luce County Historical Museum which opened in 1976.

Historical Name: Luce County Historical Society Description: William Gwinn Mather, president of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, oversaw development of Gwinn in 1906. He was inspired by benevolence, a need to attract dependable workers, and the desire to avoid labor strife. Mathers hired Boston landscape designer Warren H. Manning to plan Gwinn as a company town that provided housing and community services for residents. Manning included boulevards, plantings and extensive green space in his design, tenets of City Beautiful and Garden City movements, which were town planning trends of the day. Gwinn became a model for other company towns in the region. The mines closed in 1946 and company owned properties were sold. Mathers and Manning's "Model Town" of Gwinn is still listed in the National Register of Historic Places Parking nearby?: yes D/T ratings: Registered Site #: 408 Historical Date: Not listed website: Not listed

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