East Hancock

East Hancock is a primarily residential neighbourhood in Hancock, Michigan, though it also includes the easternmost block of Quincy Street, the main street of Hancock's downtown. [cite book
| first=Eleanor A.
last=Alexander
title=East Hancock Revisited: History of a Neighborhood Circa 1880-1920
page=7
year = 1984]

History

It was formerly characterised by a number of deep ravines [cite book
| first=Katerine Bishop
last=Eckert
title=Buildings of Michigan (Society of Architectural Historians)
publisher=Oxford University Press, USA
id=ISBN 0195093798
pages=470
year = Reprint Edition 1995] originally covered with wooden sidewalks [cite book
| first=Eleanor A.
last=Alexander
title=East Hancock Revisited: History of a Neighborhood Circa 1880-1920
page=4
year = 1984] that were filled in by the Dakota Heights Land Company; the neighbourhood was then "subdivided into residential lots". A principal feature is a WPA-project stone staircase " [descending] from "Cooper Avenue to Front Street". [cite book
| first=Katerine Bishop
last=Eckert
title=Buildings of Michigan (Society of Architectural Historians)
publisher=Oxford University Press, USA
id=ISBN 0195093798
pages=470
year = Reprint Edition 1995]

Formerly East Hancock was important as the station from which the trolley departed to the Electric Park resort. [cite book
| first=Eleanor A.
last=Alexander
title=East Hancock Revisited: History of a Neighborhood Circa 1880-1920
page=4
year = 1984]

On June 23, 1980, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as the East Hancock Neighborhood Historical District. In 1981 "the East Hancock Neighborhood Association" was formed. [cite book
first=Eleanor A.
last=Alexander
title=East Hancock Revisited: Story of a Neighborhood Circa 1880-1920
year=1984] It is noted for many large houses in the Queen Anne, Renaissance and shingle style [http://www.e-history.com/Site/Site_USA_MI_H.htm] .

The construction of the Canal Crossings Condominium by Moyle Inc. has obstructed some of the view of the neighbourhood from the Portage Lake Lift Bridge, one of the things for which the project has been criticised. [http://www.mininggazette.com/stories/articles.asp?articleID=6620]

Sources

* "East Hancock Revisited: History of a Neighborhood, Circa 1880 - 1920" (Eleanor A. Alexander, Hancock, Michigan: 1984)
* [http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~wallace/maps/ Charles Wallace: Maps]

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