Old Main, Hancock

Name: Old Main
Address: Hancock, United States

#2 among attractions in Hancock

Romanesque revival architecture, Romanesque architecture

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Facts and practical information

Old Main, Suomi College is an educational building located on Quincy Street on the Finlandia University campus in Hancock, Michigan. It is also known as the Suomi College Building. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1959 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. ()

Built: 1900 (124 years ago)Coordinates: 47°7'37"N, 88°35'21"W

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Hancock United States

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Old Main – 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, Temple Jacob.

0.8 miE
Bridge
Portage Lake Lift Bridge, Houghton-Hancock
20 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 miNE
Museum
Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House, Hancock
25 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.
1.1 miE
History museum, Museum
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, Houghton-Hancock
28 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.
0.7 miE
Synagogue
Temple Jacob, Houghton-Hancock
19 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.
1.2 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Saint Ignatius Loyola Church, Houghton-Hancock
32 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.
0.9 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Trinity Episcopal Church, Houghton-Hancock
25 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.
~620 ftN
Universities and schools
Finlandia Hall, Houghton-Hancock
4 min walk • Finlandia University is a private Lutheran university in Hancock, Michigan. It is the only private university in the Upper Peninsula.
1 miE
Library
Portage Lake District Library, Houghton-Hancock
26 min walk • Portage Lake District Library is a public library in Houghton, Michigan, which serves the city of Houghton and Portage Townships.
1 miNE
Museum, Mine, Historical place
Quincy Mine, Hancock
26 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.
~1040 ftE
City hall
Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall, Hancock
6 min walk • The Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall is a public building located at 399 Quincy Street in the Quincy Street Historic District in Hancock, Michigan. It is also known as the Hancock City Hall.
0.5 miE
Neo-renaissance architecture
Scott Hotel, Hancock
13 min walk • The Scott Hotel is a former hotel located at 101 East Quincy Street in Hancock, Michigan, originally known as the Hotel Scott. As of 2009, it is also known as the Scott Building. The five-story building is in the Renaissance Revival style, constructed of tan brick and trimmed with Lake Superior Sandstone.

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Which popular attractions are close to Old Main?

Nearby attractions include Finlandia Hall, Houghton-Hancock (4 min walk), Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall, Hancock (6 min walk), Quincy Street Historic District, Hancock (10 min walk), Scott Hotel, Hancock (13 min walk).