Lutey Floral Co. Building

by Kiel Vanderhovel and Derek Dykens.

Architect: Shand & Eastman
Location: 136 Shelden Avenue, Houghton
Built: 1903
Contractor: Paul F. P. Mueller (Herman Gundlach, local superintendent)¹
Demolished

The Lutey Floral Company designed and built for Albert E. Lutey, the president and treasurer of the company. This building was used as a wholesale and retail florists shop.² The Lutey Floral building was located on Shelden Avenue between Quincy and Pewabic streets.³

According to the drawings, the building measured 25’ x 48’. The building had a large storefront at the first level, with a separate doorway to the second floor. On the second floor were two paired windows. The cornice was plain. The second floor consisted of two bedrooms, one bathroom, a parlor, a dining room, a hall, and a kitchen.⁴

Buildings by Charles K. Shand in the Copper Country

• Edward Ryan Block 1898
• Red Jacket Village Fire Hall 1899
• Calumet Opera House and Village Hall Addition 1900
• Bollman Block 1900
• Tamarack Hospital 1900
• Edward F. Cuddihy House 1901
• Lake Linden Village Hall 1902
• Walz Block 1902
• Foley Building and Murphy Building 1903
• Lutey Floral Co. Building 1903

Notes

1. Gundlach Collection, 85R, MTU Archives.
2. Polk Directory, 1903-1904.
3. Polk Directory, 1903-1904.
4. Gundlach Collection, 85R, MTU Archives.