{"id":1091,"date":"1888-12-06T23:19:18","date_gmt":"1888-12-07T04:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ss.sites.mtu.edu\/cca\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2016-12-09T21:36:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T02:36:02","slug":"first-national-bank-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ss.sites.mtu.edu\/cca\/first-national-bank-building\/","title":{"rendered":"First National Bank Building"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Brandon M. Herman.<\/p>\n

Architect: Byron H. Pierce<\/a>
\nLocation: 101-103 Qunicy St., Hancock
\nBuilt: 1888
\nAddition to top and north: 1903, Charles Archibald Pearce<\/p>\n

\"firstnationalbankad\" — First National Bank Building. Ad from Polk\u2019s Directory (1899-1900), 375.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
This building was constructed in 1888 under the supervision of Pierce, who designed a two-story structure which was expanded in 1903 according to designs by\u00a0 Charles Archibald Pearce<\/a>\u00a0to provide a third floor. It was located on the main street in Hancock, and many companies held office space inside, including Hancock Sandstone Land Company, the Hancock Consolidated Mining Company, the Northern Michigan Building & Loan Association (later D&N Bank<\/a>), and Hanchette & Lawton\u2019s law offices.^{1<\/sup><\/p>\n}
The brick building, with decorative terra cotta window lintels and trim, was an extremely busy design. The canted corner, facing the intersection, had an elaborate entrance; at the cornice level, tourelles reached upwards. There were both vertical and horizontal divisions in the two facades, with a particularly ornate cornice.<\/p>\n
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