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by Kiel Vanderhovel and Derek Dykens<\/p>\n

Architect: Cowles & Eastman<\/a>
\nLocation: Corner of Second and Hecla Street, Laurium
\nBuilt: 1900<\/p>\n

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Contralto Block. Photograph by Derek Dykens, 2006.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As announced in the newspaper, Peter Contralto planned to spend $10,000 on a two-story commercial building. The building would be 50 feet in width and 60 feet in depth. The possible uses for the Contralto Building could be a store, saloon, or offices because of the interior spatial arrangement.1<\/sup>\u00a0Cowles & Eastman designed this building for Contralto which is currently being used as an apartment complex.<\/p>\n

The main entrance to the building is on the corner, surmounted by a round tower. Large store windows at ground level have been filled in. Three-part windows illuminate the second floor. The walls are rough-faced Jacobsville sandstone. The cornice has been removed.<\/p>\n

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Contralto Block. Photograph by Derek Dykens, 2006.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Notes<\/h3>\n
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  1. Kathryn Bishop Eckert, \u201cThe Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region\u201d (Ph.D. diss., University of Michigan, 1982), 449.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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