• Saturday-What'sUP August 5 - 03:11 pm

There are a number of other repairs needed to keep this historic Keweenaw County building preserved for future generations. The Board of Commissioners will be asking voters to approve a millage in the upcoming August Primary, which would help to fund residing the building, furnaces, lighting and insulation, along with the roofing job already in progress.

No one likes to pay more taxes, but when it's broken down into dollars and cents, it makes it easier to see just how much more a millage increase like this will cost the individual tax payer. According to county clerk Julie Carlson, the average taxable value for residential property is $31,936 and $58,558 for commercial property in Keweenaw County. With the passage of the millage, the increase on the average bill would be $15.97 for residential property and $29.28 on commercial property. The average taxable value for timber cutover is $25,097 and the average increase would be $12.55. This is important information to consider if you're a Keweenaw County resident, deciding how you should vote and interesting statistics for those of us that just wish we lived UP there.

It's good 2 keep these buildings preserved. Also, Happy 222nd Birthday 2 the U.S. Coast Guard.

A grand looking building!

What a beautiful old building. Now that's something that definitely needs to be preserved!

Pardon my ignorance, but could anyone provide some historical information on this building?

It looks very well maintained at present, and we all know how much less expensive it is to keep something in good shape, rather than renovate after damage is already done.

That being said, is there a historical group which could adopt the building and work to raise funds to maintain it? Government tends to be the least effecient way of funding ANY project!

Mary says: Jbuck ~ I don't know too much about the history myself, but this article has a little info if you scroll down to the section titled, "Government": _Michigan.Wikipedia - Keweenaw County Michigan. Maybe someone else can chime in with more information, too.

This is a beautiful building. I do wish they would reconsider and not reside it. A vinyl sided building does not have the same character. A few repairs and a coat of paint will cost less and last for years. It should be on a historical register and you can get funds for retaining originality. I have seen too many historic buildings sided. Sorry to get off track. I do admire this building just as it is.

Thanks so much Mary!

Since this is a governmental building, it does make
more sense that it would be supported by a millage.

Allen, you're right ~ would much prefer it wouldn't
be sided with modern materials. It appears it IS on
the Historical register and perhaps there are funds
coming from that as well.

Oh my, I must have misunderstood the wording 'siding', I didn't know it meant vinyl siding. Thanks for pointing that out, allen. For my 2cents worth, I think that would be terrible.