Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House, Hancock

Name: Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House
Address: Hancock, United States

#1 among attractions in Hancock

Top attraction, Museum

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Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House, Hancock

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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. The Hoist House contains the largest steam hoisting engine in the world, which sits on the largest reinforced concrete engine foundation ever poured. The shaft hoist house was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1969 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. ()

Built: 1918 (106 years ago)Coordinates: 47°8'9"N, 88°34'23"W

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Hancock United States

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Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Portage Lake Lift Bridge, Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, Temple Jacob, Saint Ignatius Loyola Church.

0.9 miS
Bridge
Portage Lake Lift Bridge, Houghton-Hancock
23 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 miS
History museum, Museum
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, Houghton-Hancock
27 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 miS
Synagogue
Temple Jacob, Houghton-Hancock
18 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 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Saint Ignatius Loyola Church, Houghton-Hancock
29 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.
1 miS
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 miSW
Universities and schools
Finlandia Hall, Houghton-Hancock
23 min walk • Finlandia University is a private Lutheran university in Hancock, Michigan. It is the only private university in the Upper Peninsula.
1 miSW
Romanesque revival architecture, Romanesque architecture
Old Main, Hancock
25 min walk • 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.
0.9 miS
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.
~630 ftNW
Museum, Mine, Historical place
Quincy Mine, Hancock
4 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.
0.8 miSW
City hall
Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall, Hancock
22 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.
0.6 miSW
Neo-renaissance architecture
Scott Hotel, Hancock
17 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 Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House?

Nearby attractions include Quincy Mine, Hancock (4 min walk), East Hancock, Hancock (4 min walk), Scott Hotel, Hancock (17 min walk), Temple Jacob, Houghton-Hancock (18 min walk).