| Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall | |
| Nrhp Type2: | cp |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Partof: | Quincy Street Historic District |
| Partof Refnum: | 88000143 |
| Location: | 399 Quincy St., Hancock, Michigan |
| Coordinates: | 47.1269°N -88.585°W |
| Built: | 1899 |
| Architect: | Charlton, Gilbert & Demar |
| Added: | June 01, 1981 |
| Refnum: | 81000307 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | Michigan State Historic Site |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | MSHS |
| Designated Other1 Link: | Michigan State Historic Preservation Office |
| Designated Other1 Date: | April 15, 1977 |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Designated Other1 Color: | CornflowerBlue |
The Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall is a public building located at 399 Quincy Street in the Quincy Street Historic District in Hancock, Michigan, United States. It is also known as the Hancock City Hall. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1977 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
By the end of the 19th century, the citizens of Hancock wanted a substantial government building that would reflect the city's prosperity and distinguish it from the more impermanent mining villages in the surrounding Keweenaw Peninsula.[1] In 1898, the Quincy Mine company sold a lot on Quincy Street to the city, and the Marquette firm of Charlton, Gilbert and Demar was hired to design a Town Hall and Fire Hall building on the site.[1] E.E. Grip and Company of Ishpeming built the structure at a cost of $15,000,[2] which opened in January 1899.[1] The building originally housed the city clerk's office and council chambers,[2] along with the marshall's office, jail, and the fire department.[1]
The Hancock Town Hall is a two-story building constructed of rock-faced red Jacobsville Sandstone set in even courses, exhibiting Richardsonian Romanesque, Dutch, and Flemish architectural influences.[1] It has a gable roof and a square tower with belfry at one corner; the tower originally had a steep conical roof. The main facade is dominated by a broadly arched window filled with diagonally paned glass and flanked by smaller windows.[1]