Half of the buildings, have been beautifully restored for new purposes. Here, for you young people, is a perfect example of what a gas station use to look like. Today it is a coffee house. |
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The old police station...and yes, it is used for community police based activities still. |
Amazing fire station and look what pulled up as we were taking pictures...perfect. |
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Looks like it use to |
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This is the old theater which is still used today. |
The typical neighborhood around Calumet....there is a reason they all look pretty much the same but that has to come later. |
If you like details on old buildings...click to enlarge. Most of these buildings were designed and built by Italian immigrants and were built in the late 1800's through the early 1900's. |
Even though this particular building is in ruin, notice the window depth...18 inches. |
Local sandstone was used for the majority of these buildings |
The town has many complex facets and will take several more posts to give a true flavor. This post is just looking at the buildings in the downtown. |
As Boom (and busts) towns go, this had a large increase in population and the mine owner wanted the town to possess a quality of life for the residents. |
The old school has one chimney. I assume their was a (wood fired?) boiler that fed steam to the room radiators. |
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