\nLocation: 401 Tamarack St., Laurium
\nBuilt: 1901<\/p>\n
Donald McKenzie, a blacksmith, and his wife, Ellen, lived in this house with their son, Angus.\u00a0 Donald McKenzie, born in Canada, was of Scottish descent.\u00a0 In 1900 he and Ellen lived in their own house in the next block, at 325 Tamarack, with four boarders.\u00a0 In 1901 they hired Carl Nystrom to design a new house.\u00a0 By 1916, Angus was still living at home, but working as a helper at Calumet and Hecla.1<\/sup><\/p>\n The house, which measured about 30 x 40 feet, cost an estimated $3,500 to build.2<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0 The hip-roofed two-and-a-half-story house has two hip-roofed dormers.\u00a0 It is wood-frame, originally clapboarded and now covered with cement-asbestos siding, and stands on a Jacobsville sandstone foundation.\u00a0 There is a one-story bay window on one side.\u00a0 The newspaper described the interior: \u201cthere will be a vestibule and an extra large reception hall, the latter having an open fireplace.\u00a0 There will also be on the first floor a parlor, dining room, kitchen and pantry.\u201d\u00a0 On the second floor were four bedrooms and \u201ca large bath room which will be finished in white enamel with pine flooring.\u201d\u00a0 The basement held \u201ca laundry, store room, boiler and coal rooms.\u201d\u00a0 Most impressive was \u201ca large spacious veranda with an upper deck.\u00a0 Heavy turned columns with carved capitals will support the veranda, the columns being set in pairs.\u201d\u00a0 Today there is one-story enclosed porch across the front.\u00a0 The house was equipped with \u201call the modern conveniences\u201d and was promised to be \u201cmodern and up-to-date.\u201d3<\/sup><\/p>\n![\"Photograph](\"http:\/\/ss.sites.mtu.edu\/cca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/401-Tamarack-closer-e1503066640601-300x225.jpg\")
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