{"id":534,"date":"1899-10-31T21:10:37","date_gmt":"1899-11-01T03:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ss.sites.mtu.edu\/cca\/?p=534"},"modified":"2017-08-21T14:41:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T18:41:31","slug":"ruppe-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ss.sites.mtu.edu\/cca\/ruppe-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruppe Block"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dany Peavey, Stevan Sliger, John Krystof, and Travis Dvorak.<\/p>\n

Architect: Charlton, Gilbert, & Demar<\/a>
\nLocation: Fifth Street, Calumet
\nNew fa\u00e7ade: 1899
\nContractor: Bajari & Ulseth<\/p>\n

\"ruppeblocklate\" — Ruppe Block. Photograph by A. K. Hoagland, 2007.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
P. Ruppe & Son undertook $12,000 worth of renovations to a two-story frame building to produce this handsome commercial block for their store. As reported in the newspaper, \u201cAn entire new front of pressed brick and terra cotta from foundation to roof has been built, a third story has been added, and the store throughout entirely renovated.\u201d^{1\u00a0<\/sup>In addition, \u201cContractor Ed Ulseth says it will be the \u2018swellest\u2019 front in the city.\u201d^{2<\/sup><\/p>\n}}
The 57\u2019 x 100\u2019 building has a brick front trimmed with terra cotta. Three two-story round-arched windows are separated by fluted columns. Marble roundels decorate the wall above the arches. A modillioned cornice tops the fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n
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Ruppe Block. From Our Boys in the Spanish-American War: A Souvenir, Illustrated (privately printed, 1900).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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