by Bradley Plummer
Architect: John B. Sweatt
Location: 4th Street, Eagle River
Built: 1886
Modified: 1925
This structure was designed by Sweatt, though its appearance has since changed. Originally it was a two-and-one-half-story rectangular structure with clapboard walls and a steep-pitch, hip-roof. The rear of the structure, the jail, was constructed of coursed rubble stone. Early photographs also show an open porch across the front of the Sheriff’s Residence. The corner pilasters, an entrance vestibule with Georgian Revival detail, and white paint were applied in 1925.1
Buildings by John B. Sweatt in the Copper Country
- Houghton County Courthouse 1887
- Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Residence and Jail 1886
- First National Bank 1886
- Red Jacket Village Hall 1886
Notes
- “Eagle River Historic District,” National Register of Historic Places Nomination, (U. S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, 1984).