- City:
- St. Ignace, MI
- Site Type:
- Courthouses (State & Local), Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Designer:
- G. Harold Thompson
Description
The present Mackinac County Courthouse replaced an 1880s structure on the same site. Effectively dismantled to the foundation and rebuilt as a new facility, the project was originally approved as a remodeling. Construction of the modern structure was undertaken by the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.).
W.P.A. Project No. 49-1-249
Source notes
Building cornerstone, plaque
"Looking Back," St. Ignace News, Nov. 24, 2016:
https://www.stignacenews.com/news/2016-11-24/Columns/Looking_Back.html
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 4, 2017.
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