{"id":742,"date":"1902-11-07T12:19:25","date_gmt":"1902-11-07T18:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ss.sites.mtu.edu\/cca\/?p=742"},"modified":"2017-01-02T16:40:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T21:40:13","slug":"close-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ss.sites.mtu.edu\/cca\/close-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Close House"},"content":{"rendered":"

by David Daavettila<\/p>\n

Architect: Alexander Chadbourne Eschweiler<\/a>
\nLocation: 107 Center Street, East Hancock
\nBuilt: 1902<\/p>\n

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Close House. Photograph by David Daavettila, 2006.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Close House was built for James Jr. and Katherine Close on Center Street in East Hancock. James was a bookkeeper at First National Bank of Hancock in late 1880s. He was also a part owner of a warehouse called Close and Hodgson which sold building materials as well as wholesale coal and flour.1<\/sup>\u00a0The house has a broad hipped roof with deep eaves, giving it a Prairie-style effect. The basement is stone, the first story brick, and the second story clad in shingles. A two-story projection on the front is open on the first floor, creating a porch, but enclosed on the second and topped with a hipped roof. There is leaded glass in the upper portion of most windows.2<\/sup><\/p>\n

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