Morgan-Copp-Mervau Building

The Morgan–Copp–Mervau Building, also known as the Corner Store, is a commercial building located at 101 North Mill Street in Northport, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

Morgan–Copp–Mervau Building
Circa 1885
Location101 N. Mill St., Northport, Michigan
Coordinates45°7′47″N 85°36′57″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1880
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.00000219[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 15, 2000

History
View of the rear home, 1884

The Morgan–Copp–Mervau Building was built in three sections.[2] The first, a single-story building fronting on Nagonaba, was constructed in 1880 as a grocery and dry goods store. The store was owned by Northport native N. C. Morgan and his wife Abbie Voice.[3] An attached two-story section was built on the rear in 1881-83; this served as the Morgans' home. The Morgans moved to Sault Ste Marie in 1887.[4] The two-story section was extended to front onto Mill Street some time before 1905; this section was used for quite some time as Mervau's drugstore. A third section, built diagonally to front onto the Nagonaba/Mill intersection, was built in 1927/28.

In 1996/97, the building was rehabilitated and restored to its original appearance.[2]

Description

The Morgan–Copp–Mervau Building consists of three sections: a single-story false-front clapboard-clad section fronting on Nagonaba, a two-story false-front clapboard-clad section fronting on Mill, and a single-story cedar stickwork addition fronting onto the Nagonaba/Mill intersection.[2] The first two sections form an ell, with the third section oriented diagonally to the first two.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Morgan-Copp-Mervau Building". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  3. History of Leelanau County: The Traverse Region, H.R. Page & Co, 1884, pp. 222–248
  4. Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, Lewis Publishing Company, 1895, p. 274
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