\nLocation: 78 4th Street, Laurium
\nBuilt: 1906-07<\/p>\n
![\"lathrophouse\"](\"http:\/\/ss.sites.mtu.edu\/cca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ma_LathropHouse-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a>J. H. Lathrop, Calumet & Hecla’s chief clerk, commissioned this 47\u2019 x 64\u2019 house in 1906 but did not live to see its completion. The Colonial Revival-style house was two-and-a-half stories tall with a two-story portico. A one-story porch wrapped around the front. Two-story bay windows flanked the portico. The wood-frame house, sided with clapboard, was built on a stone foundation. It was noticeably similar in appearance to the Hoatson House.<\/p>\n
The first floor featured a grand reception hall, 14\u2019 x 22\u2019 with a fireplace at the far end, finished in mahogany with a beamed ceiling. The first floor also had a reception room, library, den, dining room, kitchen, and pantries. The second floor contained four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a sewing room, and a dressing room. The third floor had four bedrooms, a bathroom, a \u201ccedar room,\u201d and storage spaces. The house was estimated to cost $25,000.1<\/sup><\/p>\n Construction was completed after Lathrop\u2019s death; the Guck family were later residents. At some point, the second and third stories were removed. The building is now one-and-a-half stories with a large shed-roofed dormer.<\/p>\n![\"lathrophouseearly\"](\"http:\/\/ss.sites.mtu.edu\/cca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ma_LathropHouseEarly-1024x643.jpg\")
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