Michigan Technological University, Houghton-Hancock

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Michigan Technological University is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan. Its main campus sits on 925 acres on a bluff overlooking Portage Lake. Michigan Tech was founded in 1885 as the first post-secondary institution in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and was created to train mining engineers to operate the local copper mines. Michigan Tech has a small campus containing 36 buildings with the first building being built in 1908. The university is governed by The Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor of Michigan. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 47°6'31"N, 88°33'2"W

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1400 Townsend DriveHoughton-Hancock United States

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+1 906-487-1885

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Michigan Technological University – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Portage Lake Lift Bridge, Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, MacInnes Student Ice Arena, Temple Jacob.

1.5 miNW
Bridge
Portage Lake Lift Bridge, Houghton-Hancock
38 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.
1.2 miNW
History museum, Museum
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, Houghton-Hancock
31 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.
~1860 ftNE
Sport, Sport venue
MacInnes Student Ice Arena, Houghton-Hancock
9 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.
1.6 miNW
Synagogue
Temple Jacob, Houghton-Hancock
42 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.
1.1 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Saint Ignatius Loyola Church, Houghton-Hancock
27 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.
~900 ftNW
Museum, Natural history museum
A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Houghton-Hancock
5 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.
1.3 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Trinity Episcopal Church, Houghton-Hancock
33 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.
1.3 miNW
Library
Portage Lake District Library, Houghton-Hancock
33 min walk • Portage Lake District Library is a public library in Houghton, Michigan, which serves the city of Houghton and Portage Townships.
1.3 miNW
Neighbourhood, Neoclassical architecture, Romanesque revival architecture
Shelden Avenue Historic District, Houghton-Hancock
32 min walk • The Shelden Avenue Historic District is a commercial historic district located along Shelden, Lake, & Montezuma Avenues in Houghton, Michigan. The district contains 43 contributing buildings in an area of 22 acres. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
1.1 miNW
Neighbourhood
Pryor's Location, Houghton-Hancock
28 min walk • Pryor's Location is situated on the Portage Lake Shipping Canal in Michigan, United States. Very little remains of this small settlement but a sign at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Lakeshore Drive in Houghton, Michigan, into which it has been incorporated.
1.2 miNW
Hockey, Ice rink, Sport venue
Dee Stadium, Houghton-Hancock
31 min walk • Dee Stadium, also called The Dee, is an ice hockey arena in Houghton, Michigan, that replaced, and is located on the same site as, the Amphidrome.