Keweenaw County, Michigan

Founding: March 11, 1861
Parent county: Houghton

Namesake: The Keweenaw Peninsula
Seat: Eagle River (1861–)

Land area: 540 square miles

Population (2010): 2,156

Population (historic): 4,205 (1870); 3,217 (1900); 5,076 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1890–1910; 1990s

Subdivisions: One village; three CDPs; five townships

National Register listings: 36

Income (per capita): $21,218

Income (median household): $39,821
Business establishments: 63 (34.2 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 965 (39%)
Vacant houses: 1,454 (58.7%)
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Finland, England, and Austria

Eagle River

Namesake: The Eagle River

Founding: 1845 (platting); 1845 (post office)

Population (2010): 71

Population (historic): N/A

Periods of population growth: N/A
Typology: Grid

First Courthouse

Photo by Tim Kiser.

Location: 5095 4th Street (Eagle River)

Construction: 1866 / 1925

Years of service: 1866–

Typology: Front-gabled; frame; two-story

Style: Classical Revival

Builder: J.B. Sweatt

Cost: Unknown

Status: Extant; functional

Features of note: Pediment; entablature; modillions; pedimented portico; paired Doric columns; corner pilasters; two-over-two windows with cornice moldings; elliptical attic vent; second-floor "Chippendale" balcony; segmental-arched doorway.


Sources: Wikipedia; Courthouse History; United States Census Bureau.