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Morgan-Copp-Mervau Building

Coordinates: 45°7′47″N 85°36′57″W / 45.12972°N 85.61583°W / 45.12972; -85.61583
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Morgan–Copp–Mervau Building
Circa 1885
Morgan-Copp-Mervau Building is located in Michigan
Morgan-Copp-Mervau Building
Morgan-Copp-Mervau Building is located in the United States
Morgan-Copp-Mervau Building
Location101 N. Mill St., Northport, Michigan
Coordinates45°7′47″N 85°36′57″W / 45.12972°N 85.61583°W / 45.12972; -85.61583
Arealess than one acre
Built1880
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.00000219[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 15, 2000

The Morgan–Copp–Mervau Building, also known as the Corner Store, is a commercial building located at 101 North Mill Street in Northport, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

History

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View of the rear home, 1884

The Morgan–Copp–Mervau Building was built in three sections.[2] The first, a single-story building fronting on Nagonaba, was constructed in 1880 as a grocery and dry goods store. The store was owned by Northport native N. C. Morgan and his wife Abbie Voice.[3] An attached two-story section was built on the rear in 1881-83; this served as the Morgans' home. The Morgans moved to Sault Ste Marie in 1887.[4] The two-story section was extended to front onto Mill Street some time before 1905; this section was used for quite some time as Mervau's drugstore. A third section, built diagonally to front onto the Nagonaba/Mill intersection, was built in 1927/28.

In 1996/97, the building was rehabilitated and restored to its original appearance.[2]

Description

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The Morgan–Copp–Mervau Building consists of three sections: a single-story false-front clapboard-clad section fronting on Nagonaba, a two-story false-front clapboard-clad section fronting on Mill, and a single-story cedar stickwork addition fronting onto the Nagonaba/Mill intersection.[2] The first two sections form an ell, with the third section oriented diagonally to the first two.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Morgan-Copp-Mervau Building". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  3. ^ History of Leelanau County: The Traverse Region, H.R. Page & Co, 1884, pp. 222–248
  4. ^ Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, Lewis Publishing Company, 1895, p. 274