Lieblein House
Lieblein House is located in Michigan
Lieblein House
Lieblein House is located in the United States
Lieblein House
Location525 Quincy St., Hancock, Michigan
Coordinates47°7′37″N 88°35′19″W / 47.12694°N 88.58861°W / 47.12694; -88.58861
Built1895
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.80001860[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 03, 1980
Designated MSHSJune 15, 1979[2]

The Lieblein House is a single-family house located at 525 Quincy Street in Hancock, Michigan. It has been converted to an office building and is also known as the Hoover Center.[3] The structure was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979[2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

History

The Lieblein House was built in 1895 by William Washburn, who owned a local Hancock clothing store.[2] In about 1905, Washburn sold the house to Edward Lieblein, a wholesale grocer who owned stores in Hancock and Calumet.[2] The house remained in the Lieblein family until 1979, when Edward Lieblein Jr.[2] sold it to Suomi College (now Finlandia University).[3] The college renamed it the "Vaino & Judith Hoover Center" after the patrons Vaino and Judith Hoover who funded the purchase.[3] As of 2009, the building houses the offices of the President, Institutional Advancement, Alumni Relations, and Communications.[3]

Description

The Lieblein House is a rectangular, two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne style house, sitting on a sandstone foundation and covered with rectangular and fishscale shingles.[2] It has an enclosed wrap-around porch with Doric columns and narrow one-over-one windows.[2] The narrow windows are also used in a three-story polygonal turret topped with a galvanized metal roof and spire.[2] The porch and turret gives the facade both horizontal and vertical lines.[2] A bay window and multiple multi-paned and double-hung windows light the interior. The roof is gabled on three sides, with leaded glass Palladian windows in the side gables.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lieblein, Edward, House Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine from the state of Michigan, retrieved 9/14/09
  3. 1 2 3 4 Campus Buildings from Finlandia University, retrieved 9/13/09
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