by Joe Lukaszewski
Architect: Hans T. Liebert
Location: 415 Cooper Ave. East Hancock
Built: 1902-3
Thomas Whittle, chief mining captain for the Quincy Mining Company, purchased this property and had two houses removed from it and placed at the top of Vivian Street. The house was built as a wedding gift for his wife, Lylie.
The two-and-a-half-story house had a cross-gabled roof with projections in the peaks of the gables. Various porches, bay windows, and a variety of fenestration lend a Queen Anne-style feel to the house. The interior is trimmed with red oak and Georgia pine, and all of the fixtures were from Tiffany. The front of the house overlooks the Portage Canal and was featured in the June 1979 edition of National Geographic.1 The arch supports under the overhangs are similar to those under the eaves of Liebert’s own home.
Buildings by Hans T. Liebert in the Copper Country
- 220-224 Shelden 1908
- Kauth House 1907
- Lawton House 1907
- Liebert House 1907
- Germania Hall 1906
- Elks Club 1906
- Schneider Building 1906
- Quincy Mining Company Houses 1905
- Dickens House 1904
- St. Joseph’s Hospital 1904