College Club House and Gymnasium, Houghton-Hancock

Name: College Club House and Gymnasium
Address: Houghton-Hancock, United States

#16 among attractions in Houghton-Hancock

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The College Club House and Gymnasium is an educational building located at 1416 College Avenue on the campus of Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. It is also known as R.O.T.C. Building. The building is the oldest existing building on Michigan Tech's campus, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. ()

Built: 1904 (120 years ago)Coordinates: 47°7'12"N, 88°32'58"W

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Houghton-Hancock United States

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College Club House and Gymnasium – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Portage Lake Lift Bridge, Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House, Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, MacInnes Student Ice Arena.

1.2 miW
Bridge
Portage Lake Lift Bridge, Houghton-Hancock
30 min walk • The Portage Lake Lift Bridge connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, in the US state of Michigan. It crosses Portage Lake, a portion of the waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula with a canal linking the final several miles to Lake Superior to the northwest. US Highway 41 and M-26 are both routed across the bridge.
1.6 miNW
Museum
Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House, Hancock
40 min walk • The Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House is an industrial building located north of Hancock, Michigan along US Highway 41 within the Quincy Mining Company Historic District.
0.9 miW
History museum, Museum
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, Houghton-Hancock
23 min walk • The Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw in Houghton, Michigan, is a non-collecting museum that houses changing exhibits about local cultural and natural history. The building is so named as it was built with a 1908 grant from Andrew Carnegie. It served as the public library for Houghton, Michigan from its opening in 1910 until 2006.
0.5 miS
Sport, Sport venue
MacInnes Student Ice Arena, Houghton-Hancock
14 min walk • John J. MacInnes Student Ice Arena is a 4,200-capacity hockey arena in Houghton, Michigan. It is home to the Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team. It is named for John J. MacInnes, head coach of the Huskies from 1956 to 1983, who was one of the most successful coaches in the history of college hockey with a record of 555-295-39.
0.8 miS
Universities and schools
Michigan Technological University, Houghton-Hancock
21 min walk • Michigan Technological University is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan. Its main campus sits on 925 acres on a bluff overlooking Portage Lake.
1.2 miW
Synagogue
Temple Jacob, Houghton-Hancock
31 min walk • Temple Jacob is a small historic synagogue in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It owes its origins to the copper boom in the Keweenaw Peninsula in the late 19th and early 20th century.
0.7 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Saint Ignatius Loyola Church, Houghton-Hancock
19 min walk • Saint Ignatius Loyola Church is a church located at 703 East Houghton Avenue in Houghton, Michigan. The church was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1977 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
0.7 miS
Museum, Natural history museum
A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Houghton-Hancock
17 min walk • The A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum, currently located on the campus of Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan, is the official mineral museum of the state of Michigan and is a heritage site of the Keweenaw National Historical Park.
1 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Trinity Episcopal Church, Houghton-Hancock
27 min walk • Trinity Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival-style Episcopal church at 205 East Montezuma Avenue in Houghton, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site on July 17, 1986. It is the second of two church buildings to exist on the site; the current one replaced a wooden structure in 1910.
0.9 miW
Library
Portage Lake District Library, Houghton-Hancock
24 min walk • Portage Lake District Library is a public library in Houghton, Michigan, which serves the city of Houghton and Portage Townships.
1.7 miNW
Museum, Mine, Historical place
Quincy Mine, Hancock
43 min walk • The Quincy Mine is an extensive set of copper mines located near Hancock, Michigan. The mine was owned by the Quincy Mining Company and operated between 1846 and 1945, although some activities continued through the 1970s.

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Nearby attractions include Pryor's Location, Houghton-Hancock (17 min walk), A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Houghton-Hancock (17 min walk), Saint Ignatius Loyola Church, Houghton-Hancock (19 min walk), Michigan Technological University, Houghton-Hancock (21 min walk).