Houghton County Traction Company Ahmeek Streetcar Station

Houghton County Traction Company Ahmeek Streetcar Station
Location US 41/M-26 and Hubbell St., Ahmeek, Michigan
Coordinates 47°17′48″N 88°23′42″W / 47.29667°N 88.39500°W / 47.29667; -88.39500Coordinates: 47°17′48″N 88°23′42″W / 47.29667°N 88.39500°W / 47.29667; -88.39500
Built 1909
Architectural style Bungalow/Craftsman
NRHP Reference # 00000221[1]
Added to NRHP March 15, 2000

The Houghton County Traction Company Ahmeek Streetcar Station is a rail station located at the corner of US 41/M-26 and Hubbell Street in Ahmeek, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

Houghton County Traction Company

The Houghton County Traction Company was started in 1900 as an interurban line in the Keweenaw Peninsula.[2] The first section of track ran from Hancock to nearby Boston; in 1901, the line was extended to Calumet.[2] During the next few years, a spur was built running to Lake Linden and Hubbell, and in 1908 the line was extended to just north of Mohawk.[2]

The Houghton County Traction Company remained in business until 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression.[2]

Station

The Ahmeek Station is one of the original trolley stops of the Houghton County Traction Company, which served Ahmeek and the surrounding location.[3] After the rail line folded, the station was used for various purposes, including a bus stop and gas station.[3] An ice cream window has been in place since the early 2000s and in summer 2011, a local non-profit organization called the North Woods Conservancy opened a visitor's center in what was the waiting room.[3] The current owners also just finished renovating the entire original building, including the apartment upstairs that the original operators of the station lived in.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 History of the Houghton County Traction Company, Wally Weart, on the Copper Range Railroad site, retrieved 8/20/09
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ahmeek Streetcar Station from the Keweenaw Free Guide, retrieved 8/20/09
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